The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised 10-Item Version for Adolescents: Turkish Adaptation Study

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study is to adapt the 10-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised 10-Item Version for Adolescents (CESDR-10) into Turkish and to evaluate its validity and reliability. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with a clinical sample of 102 adolescents aged 11-18 years who applied to the child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic, and a community sample consisting of 454 secondary and high school students. CESDR-10 for adolescents, Child Depression Inventory (CDI), the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS), Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version, and demographic information form were used as data collection tools. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale had a fine goodness of fit with a single-factor structure. In the discriminant and convergent validity assessment, strong correlation coefficients were found between CESDR-10, and BMSLSS and CDI for the whole sample, community sample, and clinical sample. The Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was found as 0.880 for the whole sample, 0.872 for the community sample, and 0.895 for the clinical sample. In terms of test-retest reliability, “very strong” correlation values were determined as 0.863 in the community sample and 0.940 in the clinical sample. As a result of receiver operating characteristic analysis, the cut-off score of CESDR-10 was determined as 16. Conclusion: When the results of our study were evaluated, Turkish version of the CESDR-10 for Adolescents was found to be valid and reliable.