Psychometric Properties of the Children’s Depression Inventory-2 among a Community-Based Sample of Korean Children and Adolescents

AbstractIntroduction:Chest pain is the second most common reason for referral to paediatric cardiologists after benign heart murmurs. Aetiology frequently depends on non-cardiac reasons. In addition, individuals may experience non-cardiac chest pain which is idiopathic or of unknown origin. The aim of this study is to examine psychological symptoms in children and adolescents with medically unexplained chest pain.Methods:A total of 76 patients (ages 8–18 years) were included in the study, who were referred to the paediatric cardiology department with the complaint of chest pain but did not have any detected cardiac aetiology or any other organic causes of chest pain. The control group was composed of 51 healthy volunteers. Self-evaluation scales were given to both groups which included Beck Anxiety Inventory and Children’s Depression Inventory. Also parents of both groups completed the Conner’s Parent Rating Scale for assessment of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Results:Anxiety scores of the non-cardiac chest pain group were significantly higher compared to controls. No significant differences were found between patients and controls in terms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and depression scores. In patient group, patterns were similar for boys and girls and for children and adolescents; except girls scored significantly higher than boys in children’s depression inventory.Conclusions:In children and adolescents, non-cardiac chest pain is associated with increased levels of anxiety. These results show the importance of psychiatric evaluation in non-cardiac chest pain patients. Larger controlled studies are needed to determine the prevalence and impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and depression in children and adolescents with non-cardiac chest pain.

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Children’s Depression Inventory: Testing Measurement Invariance for the Hierarchical Factor Model Across Children and Adolescents in a Clinic-Referred Sample

Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders ◽

10.4172/2472-1786.100032 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Rapson Gomez ◽

Alasdair Vance

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Factor Model ◽

Children's Depression Inventory ◽

Children’S Depression Inventory ◽

Children’S Depression

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Factor Structure of the Children's Depression Inventory in a Multisite Sample of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain

Journal of Pain ◽

10.1016/j.jpain.2013.01.777 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 689-698 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Deirdre E. Logan ◽

Robyn Lewis Claar ◽

Jessica W. Guite ◽

Susmita Kashikar-Zuck ◽

Anne Lynch-Jordan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Children's Depression Inventory ◽

Children’S Depression Inventory ◽

Children’S Depression

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Factorial Structure of the Arabic Children's Depression Inventory among Kuwaiti Subjects

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1996.78.3.963 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 78 (3) ◽

pp. 963-967 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Factorial Structure ◽

School Students ◽

Children's Depression Inventory ◽

Children’S Depression Inventory ◽

Children’S Depression ◽

Kuwaiti Children ◽

Weak Concentration

The Arabic Children's Depression Inventory developed by Abdel-Khalek was administered to 1981 Kuwaiti middle-school students (995 boys and 986 girls). Their ages ranged from 10 to 16 years. Five orthogonal (varimax) factors were extracted. They were labeled generic depression, pessimism, feeling happy, weak concentration, and lack of loneliness. It was concluded that these interpretable factors pertained to the phenomenon of childhood depression, so the inventory can be recommended for use with Kuwaiti children and adolescents.

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