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October 18, 2025Psychiatry InternationalOpen Access

Assessment of Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of Short Versions of the CES-D in Maternal Caregivers

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LVLuis Villalobos-GallegosSTSalvador TrejoDMDiana Mejía-Cruz

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Overview

Analysis reveals partial invariance of CES-D measures across time in maternal caregivers, highlighting assessment challenges.

Key Points

  • Only one CES-D version showed full longitudinal invariance, while others had partial results, raising concerns.
  • Findings were based on data from 427 maternal caregivers across five distinct ages of their children.
  • The study employed fit indices like CFI and RMSEA to assess measurement invariance over time periods.
  • Concerns over brief CES-D versions in longitudinal studies indicate a need for reevaluation of item content and definitions.

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Villalobos-Gallegos et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f3b2fb3f213c1f8b4d36fbhttps://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint6040126
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