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Published in final edited form as: Asian Am J Psychol. 2011 Aug 22;3(4):230–253. doi: 10.1037/a0025628

Table 3.

Analysis of Differential Item Functioning of the Chinese American Depression Scale (CADS-42) by Gender and Age: Ease of Endorsability and Effect Size

No.	Item	Gender	Age
Easier to endorse for males or younger adults
7	bored^PSY	0.376	0.214
28	talk^SOC	0.288
32	respect^SOC	0.252
38	appetite^SOM	0.252
6	sleep^SOM	0.242
14	lonely^SOC	0.220	0.216
1	fatigued^SOM		0.236
16	started^SOM		0.224
Easier to endorse for females or older adults
39	crying^PSY	0.724
9	memory^SOM	0.260
30	meaning^SOC/PSY	0.222
40	psychosis^PSY		0.792
25	bodyaches^SOM		0.354
5	ability-loss^SOM		0.268
12	fate^SOC/PSY		0.224

Note. Effect sizes are in logits. Bolded text indicates a large effect size greater than .638 logits. PSY = Psychological; SOM = Somatic; SOC = Social.