. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2011 Jun;23(2):558–562. doi: 10.1037/a0022484

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Validity Correlations for Selected CES-D Variants.

CES-D Variant	Descriptive Statistics				Validity Criteria
CES-D Variant	n	x̄	SD	Coefficient alpha	SF-36 Mental Composite	SF-36 Physical Composite	LSI-Z Total Score	CES-D Total Score
Reversed Items Answered Deviantly: No Imputations (1–4 items)	173	2.33	.89	-	.32^*	−.09	.24^*	−.53^*
Sum of Reversed Items: No Imputations (4 items)	460	3.41	2.95	.66	−.51^*	−.19^*	−.44^*	.61^*
Sum of Reversed Items: Imputations (4 items)	460	2.41	2.91	.87	−.66^*	−.22^*	−.58^*	.85^*
Sum of All CES-D Items: No Imputations (20 items)	460	13.73	10.91	.90	−.75^*	−.23^*	−.59^*	(1.00)
Sum of All CES-D Items: Imputations (20 items)	460	12.73	12.75	.93	−.73^*	−.22^*	−.58^*	.98^*

Note.

p < .05. CES-D indicates Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression Scale; SF-36, Short-Form 36-Item Health Survey; LSI-Z, Life Satisfaction Index-Z.