title: Factor structure of the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale in first-year university students in Japan.
abstract: The Zung-Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) was distributed to 28,588 first-year university students. Factor analysis using PROMAX rotation revealed three factors interpretable as affective, cognitive, and somatic symptoms. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a goodness-of-fit index of 0.976 and an adjusted goodness-of-fit index of 0.967. The two sexes exhibited virtually the same factor structure. The result suggests that studies with this scale should use these three subscales rather than a total score.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan. kitamura@kajiu.medic.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Zi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Makizo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data