Problem: No study has examined variations in the responses to CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) scoring among different ethnic group adolescents.
Methods: This study compared response differences to CES-D between 51 European American and 58 Korean American (KA) adolescents.
Findings: Thirty-nine percent of KA adolescents reported higher depressive symptoms compared to 33% European American adolescents. Controlling for child age, significant mean differences were found on six items between the two groups. When within-group difference was examined among KA adolescents using a bi-dimensional acculturation approach, no differences were found except one item.
Conclusions: KA adolescents did not show response bias toward positive affect items in CES-D when compared to European American adolescents.
Keywords: Acculturation; American orientation; CES-D; Korean immigrants; Korean orientation; adolescents.
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