The beck depression inventory-II: Testing for measurement equivalence and factor mean differences across Hong Kong and American adolescents

The beck depression inventory-II: Testing for measurement equivalence and factor mean differences across Hong Kong and American adolescents

• Byrne, Barbara M. School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Stewart, Sunita M. Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
• Kennard, Betsy D.
• Lee, Peter W. H.

International Journal of Testing, 7(3), 293-309, 2007

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

2007

• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
  • LA Intelligence, Ability & Aptitude Tests
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AH Adolescence Development

Foreign Countries Negative Attitudes Adolescents Depression (Psychology) Construct Validity Behavioral Sciences Factor Structure Measures (Individuals) Beck Depression Inventory Hong Kong United States

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Working within the framework of a confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) model, this study adds another dimension to construct validation of both the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) and a Chinese version of the BDI-II (C-BDI-II; Chinese Behavioral Sciences Society, 2000). Specifically, we tested for measurement equivalence of the C-BDI-II with the original BDI-II across Hong Kong (N = 1771) and American (N = 501) adolescents, respectively. Provided with evidence of measurement equivalence, we then tested for differences in the latent factor means (i.e., subscale levels) of three first-order factors of negative attitude, performance difficulty, and somatic elements and one second-order factor of general depression. All procedures were based on analyses of mean and covariance structures (MACS) that took into account both the incompleteness and non-normality of the data. Findings revealed sound evidence of measurement equivalence of the C-BDI-II and BDI-II factorial structures, and latent factor means that pointed to higher levels of depressive symptoms for Hong Kong adolescents than for their American counterparts.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 15305058

• 10.1080/15305050701438058

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