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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Mar 22;140:106140. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106140

Table 4.

Possible clinical depression scores.

Dichotomous Score for Clinical Depression Treatment Control Full Sample

N Percent N Percent N Percent

Not depressed (0) 212 87.97 214 84.25 426 86.06
Depressed (1) 29 12.03 40 15.75 69 13.94
Total 241 100 254 100 495 100

Notes:

T=Treatment; C=Control.

Dichotomous score for clinical depression was calculated using sum scores from the Maternal Depression Scale that contained all of the items from the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977). Sum scores calculated using guidelines from (Lewinsohn et al., 1997). A score of 0 was given if sum scores less than 16. A score of 1 given if sum scores equal to or greater than 16.