Testing for measurement invariance across gender in the 12-item CES-D: An investigation among a nationally representative sample of African Americans.

Published in: Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology (2020)

Results suggest that noninvariance may help explain disparate rates of depressive symptoms among African American men and women. Additional consideration should be given before comparing latent mean scores across groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

african american
depressive symptoms
social support
mental health
psychometric properties
adverse drug
sleep quality
physical activity