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A Short Depression Index for Women

The Measurement Group Culver City, California

G. J. Huba

The Measurement Group Culver City, California

Vivian B. Brown

Culver City, California

Cathy J. Reback

Culver City, California

The CES-D is a well-known index of acute depressive symptoms experienced over a 7-day period that has been used in literally hundreds of studies. This article presents the psychometric derivation of 8- and 4-item screening versions of the CES-D for use in research with community-based samples. These short depressive symptom indices can be used in those instances where a brief assessment is needed for broad screening or research purposes. Using data from a heterogeneous community sample of 411 women, the 8-item CES-D was found to correlate .93 with the full 20-item CES-D while the 4-item CES-D was found to correlate .87 with the full CES-D. In a second sample of 83 women in a residential drug abuse program, the 8- and 4-item measures correlated .54 and .47, respectively, with the BPI Depression scale.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 53, No. 4, 1117-1125 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164493053004024


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