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Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2007 June;166(3):85-9

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language: Italian

Again about gender difference and Depression: an other psychometric study on Italian Childrens Depression Scale: some aspect about gender differences

Cioffi R.

Dipartimento di Scienze Bio-Mediche, Università “G. D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pesara

Aim. In the present paper we examine the factor structure of the Italian version of the Children Depression Scales (CDS).
Methods. We analyzed the questionnaires of 600 subjects (9-16 years old) and we considered two previous factor structures with a two-factor solution and a three-factor solution.
Results. As a first step we replicated the two-factor solution with a Confirmatory Factorial Analysis, considering the parameter estimation of correlation between errors when paired items were present for male, female and total subjects. In a second step, using a multi sample analysis, we tested CDS structure in relation whit gender.
Conclusion. From the results of these further analyses we conclude that “In-Adequate” has not difference between male and female, “Sense of Guilt” is more present in female than male.