title: Responses to CES-D: European American versus Korean American adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  No study has examined variations in the responses to CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) scoring among different ethnic group adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study compared response differences to CES-D between 51 European American and 58 Korean American (KA) adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-nine percent of KA adolescents reported higher depressive symptoms compared to 33% European American adolescents. Controlling for child age, significant mean differences were found on six items between the two groups. When within-group difference was examined among KA adolescents using a bi-dimensional acculturation approach, no differences were found except one item.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  KA adolescents did not show response bias toward positive affect items in CES-D when compared to European American adolescents.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Eunjung
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Landis
authors.forename: Kevin K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: Acculturation; American orientation; CES-D; Korean immigrants; Korean orientation; adolescents