An assessment of the CES-D scale factor structure in black women: The Black Women's Health Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-30-2009
Abstract
This study investigates the dimensional structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in US Black women with and without history of cancer via single-group and multi-group analyses. The CES-D questionnaire was administered in 1999 to 50,774 black women who are participants in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS). For our analysis, we utilized a group of 690 women with a history of at least one of the three types of cancer (breast cancer, colon cancer or lung cancer) and an age-matched group of 1,380 healthy women with no history of any cancer or other chronic conditions including myocardial infarctions, stroke, angina, diabetes, lupus, and sarcoidosis. Three a priori hypothesized models were tested via confirmatory factor analysis: single-, three- and four-factor structures. The four-factor model provided the best fit and remained largely invariant across the groups when tested via multi-group comparisons. Two internal consistency measures of the scale (Cronbach's α coefficient and split-half coefficient) were also shown to be satisfactory. We concluded that the CES-D scale is appropriate for use in black women regardless of their cancer status. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Makambi, Kepher H.; Williams, Carla D.; Taylor, Teletia R.; Rosenberg, Lynn; and Adams-Campbell, Lucile L., "An assessment of the CES-D scale factor structure in black women: The Black Women's Health Study" (2009). Howard University Cancer Center Faculty Publications. 80.
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