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01-01-2008 | Empirical Research

Cross-ethnic Invariance of Self-esteem and Depression Measures for Chinese, Filipino, and European American Adolescents

Auteurs: Stephen T. Russell, Lisa J. Crockett, Yuh-Ling Shen, Sun-A Lee

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2008

Abstract

Self-esteem and depression are fundamental psychological adjustment constructs in the study of adolescent well-being. Most measures of these constructs have been developed and validated using European American samples, and while the correlates and predictors of psychological adjustment have been examined in multiple cultural settings, no existing research explicitly compares the equivalence of measures of self-esteem or depression for contemporary Chinese, Filipino and European American adolescents. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (the Add Health study), this study examines the factorial invariance of self-esteem and depression measures for European American adolescents and the two largest Asian American ethnic groups in the U.S.: Chinese and Filipino Americans. Results indicate strong evidence for invariance of the measure of self-esteem; however, the often-used measure of depression (CES-D) does not satisfy basic tests of measurement invariance for Asian Americans in this sample.

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We considered the possibility that the results for the CES-D may be due to our use of linear CFA; the linear model may not be appropriate for ordinal response items. We tested ordinal CFAs for CES-D, and our conclusions did not change. Specifically, for the Chinese American adolescents, initial tests of a 4-factor solution were promising (CFI = .98, RMSEA = .05, WRMR = .77); however, not all items were significant in the model. We tested the three-factor solution, with inconclusive results (due to the RMSEA value: CFI = .97, RMSEA = .08, WRMR = .81). Multi-group tests of metric invariance between European Americans and Filipino Americans using the ordinal method failed and only partial invariance was found.

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Titel: Cross-ethnic Invariance of Self-esteem and Depression Measures for Chinese, Filipino, and European American Adolescents
Auteurs: Stephen T. Russell
Lisa J. Crockett
Yuh-Ling Shen
Sun-A Lee
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9231-1

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