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Cross-ethnic measurement invariance of the SCARED and CES-D in an ethnically diverse youth sample
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Cross-ethnic measurement invariance of the SCARED and CES-D in an ethnically diverse youth sample
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Skriner
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Laura C.
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1982-
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Laura Skriner
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Brian C
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Brian C Chu
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chair
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Elias
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Maurice J
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Maurice J Elias
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Danielle McCarthy
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2013
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This study evaluated the cross-ethnic measurement invariance of two common screening measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms in youth. The measurement invariance of the Screen for Childhood Anxiety and Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was tested across 881 African American (n = 396), Latino (n = 185), Non-Hispanic White (n = 166), and Asian/Indian (n = 134) youths in the seventh grade. The measures were administered as part of a grade-wide screening aimed to identify youth with elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms. The five-factor model of the SCARED and the four-factor model of the CESD best represented the data for all ethnic groups. Results provided support for scalar equivalence of the SCARED across all four ethnic groups. Results provided support for scalar equivalence of the CES-D across African American (AA), Non-Hispanic White (NHW), and Asian/Indian youths, and partial invariance for Hispanic youths. Factor mean differences across groups were identified for both measures. In particular, Hispanic youth reported greater levels of anxiety and depression in certain domains than NHW, AA, and Asian youth. Our findings support the use of the SCARED and CESD as tools for measuring anxiety and depressive symptoms in ethnically diverse youth in the U.S. Results are discussed with respect to the importance of establishing measurement invariance for screening measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms prior to comparing symptom levels across ethnic.
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Psychology
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v, 38 p, : ill.
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Laura C. Skriner
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Anxiety in youth--Diagnosis
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Depression in adolescence--Diagnosis
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Measurement uncertainty (Statistics)
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doi:10.7282/T39C6W32
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ETD graduate
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Laura
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2013-01-09 16:50:05
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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