Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders

The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is widely used to screen depression among elders. But the factor structure of the Chinese version GDS-15 remains unclear. This study was conducted to determine the best-fit factor structure of GDS-15 and to assess measurement invariance across gender g...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Haofei, He, Jiayue, Yi, Jinyao, Yao, Shuqiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293470
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01360
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author Zhao, Haofei
He, Jiayue
Yi, Jinyao
Yao, Shuqiao
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description The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is widely used to screen depression among elders. But the factor structure of the Chinese version GDS-15 remains unclear. This study was conducted to determine the best-fit factor structure of GDS-15 and to assess measurement invariance across gender groups in a sample of Chinese elders recruited from Mainland China (final sample N = 2428). The best-fit factor structure was examined by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Multigroup CFA was utilized to test the measurement invariance across genders of the factor structure. The results of CFA revealed that a three-factor model, including life satisfaction (four items), general depressive affect (seven items), and withdrawal (three items), fits the structure of the GDS-15 best. Measurement invariance across genders was supported, fully assuming different degrees of invariance.
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spelling pubmed-65980912019-07-10 Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders Zhao, Haofei He, Jiayue Yi, Jinyao Yao, Shuqiao Front Psychol Psychology The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is widely used to screen depression among elders. But the factor structure of the Chinese version GDS-15 remains unclear. This study was conducted to determine the best-fit factor structure of GDS-15 and to assess measurement invariance across gender groups in a sample of Chinese elders recruited from Mainland China (final sample N = 2428). The best-fit factor structure was examined by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Multigroup CFA was utilized to test the measurement invariance across genders of the factor structure. The results of CFA revealed that a three-factor model, including life satisfaction (four items), general depressive affect (seven items), and withdrawal (three items), fits the structure of the GDS-15 best. Measurement invariance across genders was supported, fully assuming different degrees of invariance. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6598091/ /pubmed/31293470 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01360 Text en Copyright © 2019 Zhao, He, Yi and Yao. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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He, Jiayue
Yi, Jinyao
Yao, Shuqiao
Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders
title Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders
title_full Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders
title_fullStr Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders
title_full_unstemmed Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders
title_short Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender Groups of the 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Among Chinese Elders
title_sort factor structure and measurement invariance across gender groups of the 15-item geriatric depression scale among chinese elders
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293470
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01360
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