Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 285-289 , March 2000

Test of item-response bias in the CES-D scale: experience from the New Haven EPESE Study

  • Stephen R. Cole

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: (617) 278-0872; fax (617) 731-3843.(Stephen R. Cole)
    • ,
  • Ichiro Kawachi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Susan J. Maller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
    • ,
  • Lisa F. Berkman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Received 31 March 1999 ,Revised 28 June 1999 ,Accepted 19 July 1999.

References 

  1. Radloff LS. The CES-D Scale (a self-report depression scale for research in the general population). Appl Psychol Meas. 1977;1:385–401
  2. Thissen D, Steinberg L, Wainer H. Detection of differential item functioning using the parameters of item response theory. In:  Holland PW,  Wainer H editor. Differential Item Functioning. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum;; 1993;p. 67–114
  3. Nunnally JC, Bernstein IH. Psychometric Theory. Third edition. New York: McGraw-Hill;; 1994;
  4. Dean K, Holst E, Kreiner S, Schoenborn C, Wilson R. Measurement issues in research on social support and health. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1994;48:201–206
  5. Dean K, Salem N. Detecting measurement confounding in epidemiological research (construct validity in scaling risk behaviours: based on a population sample in Minnesota, USA). J Epidemiol Community Health. 1998;53(3):195–199
  6. Teresi J, Golden R, Cross P, Gurland B, Kleinman M, Wilder D. Item bias in cognitive screening measures (comparisons of elderly White, Afro-American, Hispanic and high and low education subgroups). J Clin Epidemiol. 1995;48(4):473–483
  7. Groenvold M, Bjorner J, Klee M, Kreiner S. Test for item bias in a quality of life questionnaire. J Clin Epidemiol. 1995;48(6):805–816
  8. Cole SR. Assessment of differential item functioning in the Perceived Stress Scale-10. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1998;53:319–320
  9. Berkman LF, Berkman CS, Kasl S, Freeman DH, Leo L, Ostfeld AM, et al.  Depressive symptoms in relation to physical health and functioning in the elderly. Am J Epidemiol. 1986;124:372–388
  10. Liang J, Tran TV, Krause N, Markides KS. Generational differences in the structure of the CES-D scale in Mexican Americans. J Gerontol. 1989;44(3):S110–S120
  11. Hertzog C, Van Alstine J, Usala PD, Hultsch DF, et al.  Measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in older populations. Psychol Assess. 1990;2(1):64–72
  12. Gatz M, Hurwicz M-L. Are old people more depressed? Cross-sectional data on Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale factors. Psychol Aging. 1990;5(2):284–290
  13. Kessler RC, Foster C, Webster PS, House JS. The relationship between age and depressive symptoms in two national surveys. Psychol Aging. 1992;7(1):119–126
  14. Hays JC, Landerman LR, George LK, Flint EP, Koenig HG, Land KC, et al.  Social correlates of the dimensions of depression in the elderly. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1998;53(1):31–39
  15. Callahan CM, Wolinsky FD. The effect of gender and race on the measurement properties of the CES-D in older adults. Med Care. 1994;32:341–356
  16. Stommel M, Given BA, Given CW, Kalaian HA, Schulz R, McCorkle R. Gender bias in the measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Psychiatry Res. 1993;49:239–250
  17. Cornoni-Huntley J, Ostfeld AM, Taylor JO, Wallace RB, Blazer D, Berkman LF, et al.  Established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly (study design and methodology). Aging. 1993;5(1):27–37
  18. Holland PW, Wainer H. Differential Item Functioning. New York: Erlbaum; 1993;
  19. Stricker L. Identifying test items that perform differently in population subgroups (a partial correlation index). Appl Psychol Meas. 1982;6:261–273
  20. Ananth C, Kleinbaum D. Regression models for ordinal responses (a review of methods and applications). Int J Epidemiol. 1997;26(6):1323–1333
  21. Scott SC, Goldberg MS, Mayo NE. Statistical assessment of ordinal outcomes in comparative studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 1997;50(1):45–55

PII: S0895-4356(99)00151-1

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 285-289 , March 2000

Article Tools