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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2010 Jun 1;185(0):269–274. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.056

Table 1.

English CES-D factor structures, full sample and depressed subsample.

CES-D items Full sample
(n=3827)
Depressed subsample
(n=450)
1 2 1 2
1. I was bothered by things that usually don't bother me. 0.57 −0.01 0.46 0.05
2. I did not feel like eating; my appetite was poor. 0.44 0.02 0.31 0.06
3. I felt that I could not shake off the blues even with help from my family or friends. 0.66 −0.12 0.47 −0.24
4. I felt that I was just as good as other people. −0.02 0.46 −0.07 0.46
5. I had trouble keeping my mind on what I was doing. 0.60 −0.01 0.41 −0.07
6. I felt depressed. 0.71 −0.13 0.59 −0.21
7. I felt that everything I did was an effort. 0.63 0.02 0.37 −0.05
8. I felt hopeful about the future. 0.03 0.59 −0.05 0.50
9. I thought my life bad been a failure. 0.61 −0.12 0.55 −0.20
10. I felt fearful. 0.63 0.01 0.53 0.04
11. My sleep was restless. 0.46 0.01 0.42 −0.09
12. I was happy. −0.04 0.84 0.05 0.76
13. I talked less than usual. 0.59 0.03 0.51 0.14
14. I felt lonely. 0.64 −0.06 0.57 −0.04
15. People were unfriendly. 0.61 0.06 0.56 0.19
16. I enjoyed life. −0.05 0.82 0.03 0.72
17. I had crying spells. 0.63 0.09 0.50 0.08
18. I felt sad. 0.75 −0.10 0.67 −0.15
19. I felt that people dislike me. 0.66 0.02 0.57 0.03
20. I could not get “going.” 0.64 −0.06 0.59 −0.12
Intercorrelations Intercorrelations

1 1.00 −0.59 1.00 −0.23
2 −0.59 1.00 −0.23 1.00