{"id":6575,"date":"2020-11-17T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2023-01-27T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:39:35","slug":"child-depression-ces-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/child-depression-ces-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Depression | CES-DC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Recommended frequency: Every 2 weeks<\/em><\/p>\n

Summary<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) is a 20-item self-report scale that measures the severity of depression symptoms over the past week. The scale can be used by individuals between the ages of 6 to 17. All items inquire about the frequency of symptoms, which are rated on a 4-point Likert scale. It can be used as a screening tool for depression in children and adolescents and is demonstrated to be a reliable measure to monitor depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n

Psychometric Properties<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The scale has demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency (\u03b1s = .84 – .92) and excellent concurrent validity with the Children\u2019s Depression Inventory. The scale has\u00a0demonstrated better 2-week test-retest reliability and psychometric properties with adolescents than when used by children.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

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  1. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/7452212<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/3728717<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/2301363<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Scale<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Below is a list of the ways you might have felt or acted. Please check how\u00a0much\u00a0<\/em>you have felt this way during the\u00a0past week<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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    Scoring<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Depression severity is calculated by assigning 0-3 to the response categories of \u201cnot at all\u201d, \u201ca little\u201d, \u201csome\u201d, \u201ca lot\u201d, respectively. Items 4, 8, 12, and 16 are reverse-scored. The sum of all 20 items is calculated and represents the severity of depressive symptoms as determined by the child\/adolescent. Total scale scores range from 0-60. A higher score reflects a greater degree of depression symptoms. A score of 15 or higher indicates a risk for depression in children and adolescents.<\/p>\n

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    Copyright Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Weissman MM, Orvaschel H, Padian N. 1980. Children\u2019s symptom and social functioning self report scales: Comparison of mothers\u2019 and children\u2019s reports. Journal of Nervous Mental Disorders 168(12):736\u2013740.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) Recommended frequency: Every 2 weeks Summary The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) is a 20-item self-report scale that measures the severity of depression symptoms over the past week. The scale can be used by individuals between the ages of 6 to 17. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-assessment-guide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}