• Standardized measure of psychological distress comparable to major studies conducted over 15 years throughout the U.S.: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D).

Content Domain - Days in last seven: depressed, moody, blue, lonely, etc.

Operational Data Items

• Form A: ID Letters/ID Numbers, Site, Sub-Provider, Date, Staff Code, Client Gender, Items 1 through 20.
• Form B: ID Letters/ID Numbers, Site, Sub-Provider, Date, Staff Code, Client Gender, Items 1 through 8.
• Form C: ID Letters/ID Numbers, Site, Sub-Provider, Date, Staff Code, Client Gender, Items 1 through 4.

Citations

• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1996). Module 26: Spanish CES-D Form (Interview). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1995). Module 26A: CES-D Form (Interview). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1995). Module 26A: CES-D Form (Self-administered). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1995). Module 26B: CES-D8 Form (Interview). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1995). Module 26B: CES-D8 Form (Self-administered). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1995). Module 26C: CES-D4 Form (Interview). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.
• Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., Staff of The Measurement Group, and HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1995). Module 26C: CES-D4 Form (Self-administered). Available: www.TheMeasurementGroup.com. Culver City, California: The Measurement Group.

Source Citations

• ORIGINAL 20-ITEM VERSION. Radloff, L. S. (1977). The CES-D scale: A self report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 385-401.
• SPANISH VERSION (20 ITEMS). Roberts, R. E. (1980). Reliability of the CES-D scale in different ethnic contexts. Psychiatry Research, 2, 125-134. Developed in a sample of Mexican Americans.
• 8- and 4-ITEM VERSIONS. Melchior, L. A., Huba, G. J., Brown, V. B., and Reback, C. J. (1993). A short depression index for women. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 53(4), 1117-1125.

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