Table 2.
Psychometric Analyses for Depression Instruments
| Variable Name | Wave | Item Stem | Pattern Coefficient | Standard Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1FS1 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often were you bothered by things that usually don’t bother you? | 0.65 | 0.02 |
| H1FS2 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often did you not feel like eating/poor appetite? | 0.50 | 0.02 |
| H1FS3 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often could you not shake off the blues, even with help from your family and your friends? | 0.80 | 0.01 |
| H1FS5 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often did you have trouble keeping your mind on what you were doing? | 0.58 | 0.02 |
| H1FS6 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often were you depressed? | 0.86 | 0.01 |
| H1FS9 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often did you feel your life had been a failure? | 0.76 | 0.02 |
| H1FS10 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often did you feel fearful? | 0.60 | 0.02 |
| H1FS13 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often were you lonely? | 0.75 | 0.01 |
| H1FS16 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often were you sad? | 0.81 | 0.01 |
| H1FS17 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often did you feel people disliked you? | 0.60 | 0.02 |
| H1FS19 | 1 | In the past 7 days, how often did you feel your life was not worth living? | 0.76 | 0.02 |
| H3SP2 | 3 | In the past 12 months, how often have you cried a lot? | 0.47 | 0.02 |
| H3SP5 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often were you bothered by things that usually don’t bother you? | 0.68 | 0.02 |
| H3SP6 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often could you not shake off the blues, even with help from your family and your friends? | 0.83 | 0.01 |
| H3SP8 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often did you have trouble keeping your mind on what you were doing? | 0.60 | 0.02 |
| H3SP9 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often were you depressed? | 0.93 | 0.01 |
| H3SP10 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often were you too tired to do things? | 0.48 | 0.02 |
| H3SP11 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often did you enjoy life? | 0.63 | 0.02 |
| H3SP12 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often were you sad? | 0.84 | 0.01 |
| H3SP13 | 3 | In the past 7 days, how often did you feel people disliked you? | 0.56 | 0.02 |
Note. The correlation between the latent depression scores from Waves I and III was .41. The model fit statistics were: χ2(df=169): 1309.74, Comparative fit index: 0.98, Tucker Lewis index: .98, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation: .02. Reliability estimates were .92 (omega) and .91 (alpha) for Wave I and .89 (omega) and .87 (alpha) for Wave III. Reliability estimates were obtained using non-weighted polychoric correlations [72].