Evidence of validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the children's depression inventory-short in peruvian population [Evidencias de validez y fiabilidad de la versión en español del children's depression inventory-short en población peruana]

• Autores: Ventura-León, J., Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Tocto-Muñoz, S., Torres-Maldonado, M., Curahua-Guillén, K.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Privada del Norte
• Repositorio: UPN-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.upn.edu.pe:11537/26641
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/11537/26641; https://doi.org/10.5944/rppc.26211
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Depresión infantil; Transtornos afectivos; Niños; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.02

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine the validity evidence of the Children’s Depression Inventory-Short (CDI-S; Kovacs, 1992), in Peruvian school children. A total of 1059 children between 7 and 12 years old participated (Mean = 9.73, SD = 1.23). The results revealed the existence of two factors related to strong loads in the exploratory factor analysis, which were corroborated by confirmatory factor analysis with good goodness-of-fit indices (CFI ≥ .97, RMSEA ≤ .04). The reliability of the CDI-S, calculated with the internal consistency method, was good in both factors (ω > .80). We conclude that the CDI-S is a valid and reliable measure in Peruvian children and should be interpreted as a test with two factors (Dysphoria and Negative self-esteem), which is consistent with previous empirical and theoretical studies.