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. 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
n 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.

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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.