title: Common themes among morale and depression scales.
abstract: This paper reports on the intra- and interbattery scaling of three morale and depression batteries comprised of self-reported items: PGC, G-H, and ZUNG. Responses to the three scales were sought from a sample of long-term residents of a state mental hospital. First, the batteries were factor analyzed separately to identify the intrabattery scales; then the resultant scales were compared using canonical correlation and super matrix factor analysis to identify the interbattery themes. These analyses resulted in the identification of a Clinical Depression domain across all three batteries and single independent themes in both the Zung and PGC batteries.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009013:Morale; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics