title: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: factor validity and reliability in a French sample of adolescents with Intellectual Disability.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test the factor validity and reliability of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) within a sample of adolescents with mild to moderate Intellectual Disability (ID). A total sample of 189 adolescents (121 boys and 68 girls), aged between 12 and 18 years old, with mild to moderate ID were involved in two studies. In study 1, the content, phrasing and answering format of the CES-D were adapted for adolescents with ID. This instrument was renamed CES-D for ID (CES-D-ID) and two different versions based on two alternative answer scales (Likert and Likert-graphical) were developed and their psychometric properties were verified in study 2. The results provided support for the factor validity, reliability and invariance across gender and age of a 14-item version of the CES-D-ID based on a Likert-graphical answer scale.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Movement Sciences Etienne-Jules Marey (UMR 6233), CNRS-University of Aix-Marseille II, Marseille, France. christophe.maiano@univmed.fr
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maïano
authors.forename: Alexandre J S
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bégarie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards