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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2012 Jun 18;126(4):410–417. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.094946

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for and Correlations among the Depressive Symptom Measures

Measure (possible range) All (N = 2171)
M ± SD
Men (n = 915)
M ± SD
Women (n = 1256)
M ± SD
Cronbach’s α 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1. CES-D Total (0–60) 8.6 ± 7.4 8.0 ± 6.6 9.0 ± 7.9* .88 ---
2. Depressed Affect (0–21) 1.9 ± 2.8 1.6 ± 2.5 2.1 ± 3.0* .86 .88 ---
3. Somatic Symptoms (0–21) 3.0 ± 2.8 2.8 ± 2.6 3.2 ± 3.0* .73 .84 .69 ---
4. Interpersonal Distress (0–6) 0.4 ± 0.8 0.4 ± 0.8 0.4 ± 0.8 .59 .53 .43 .41 ---
5. Positive Affect (0–12) 8.8 ± 2.8 8.8 ± 2.7 8.7 ± 2.9 .76 −.74 −.49 −.40 −.25 ---
6. LOT-R (0–24) 17.1 ± 3.6 17.0 ± 3.5 17.2 ± 3.6 .78 −.49 −.38 −.35 −.25 .48 ---

Note. N = 2171. CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. LOT-R = Life Orientation Test-Revised.

*

p < .05.