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Table 3 Factor loadings, uniquenesses and intercepts of the CES-D for both samples

From: Measurement invariance of the center for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D) among chinese and dutch elderly

 

Items

Unstandardized loadings

Standardized loadings

Unstandardized intercepts

Standardized intercepts

Unstandardized uniquenesses

Standardized uniquenesses

  

Chinese - Dutch

Chinese - Dutch

Chinese - Dutch

Chinese - Dutch

Chinese - Dutch

Chinese - Dutch

SOM

Bothered

(1.00 - 1.00)

(0.55 - 0.55)

(0.69 - 0.69)

(0.86 - 0.86)

(0.45 - 0.45)

(0.70 - 0.70)

 

Appetite

(1.03 - 1.03)

(0.60 - 0.60)

(0.56 - 0.56)

(0.74 - 0.74)

(0.37 - 0.37)

(0.64 - 0.64)

 

Mind

(1.18 - 1.18)

(0.64 - 0.64)

(0.78 - 0.78)

(0.95 - 0.95)

(0.39 - 0.39)

(0.59 - 0.59)

 

Effort

(1.29 - 1.29)

(0.67 - 0.67)

(0.81 - 0.80)

(0.95 - 0.95)

(0.40 - 0.40)

(0.55 - 0.55)

 

Sleep

(1.07 - 1.07)

(0.53 - 0.53)

(0.88 - 0.88)

(0.98 - 0.98)

(0.57 - 0.57)

(0.72 - 0.72)

 

Talk

(1.02 - 1.02)

(0.54 - 0.54)

(0.74 - 0.74)

(0.87 - 0.87)

(0.51 - 0.51)

(0.71 - 0.71)

 

Get Going

(1.26 - 1.26)

(0.68 - 0.68)

(0.70 - 0.70)

(0.85 - 0.85)

(0.37 - 0.37)

(0.54 - 0.54)

DEP

Blues

(1.00 - 1.00)

(0.69 - 0.69)

(0.52 - 0.52)

(0.70 - 0.70)

(0.29 - 0.29)

(0.53 - 0.53)

 

Depressed

(1.13 - 1.13)

(0.75 - 0.75)

(0.55 - 0.55)

(0.72 - 0.72)

0.30 - 0.13

0.51 - 0.22

 

Failure

(0.82 - 0.82)

(0.60 - 0.60)

0.57 - 0.30

0.80 - 0.43

0.41 - 0.09

0.83 - 0.17

 

Fearful

(0.91 - 0.91)

(0.67 - 0.67)

(0.42 - 0.42)

(0.61 - 0.61)

0.31 - 0.14

0.64 - 0.29

 

Lonely

(1.11 - 1.11)

(0.73 - 0.73)

(0.57 - 0.57)

(0.73 - 0.73)

(0.29 - 0.29)

(0.47 - 0.47)

 

Crying

(0.92 - 0.92)

(0.68 - 0.68)

(0.50 - 0.50)

(0.70 - 0.70)

(0.27 - 0.27)

(0.54 - 0.54)

 

Sad

(1.06 - 1.06)

(0.74 - 0.74)

(0.56 - 0.56)

(0.76 - 0.76)

(0.24 - 0.24)

(0.45 - 0.45)

POS

Good

(1.00 - 1.00)

(0.32 - 0.32)

1.54 - 0.68

1.41 - 0.62

1.20 - 0.72

1.01 - 0.60

 

Hopeful

(1.66 - 1.66)

(0.54 - 0.54)

(1.36 - 1.36)

(1.28 - 1.28)

(0.81 - 0.81)

(0.71 - 0.71)

 

Happy

(2.30 - 2.30)

(0.82 - 0.82)

(1.16 - 1.16)

(1.18 - 1.18)

(0.32 - 0.32)

(0.33 - 0.33)

 

Enjoyed

(2.29 - 2.29)

(0.81 - 0.81)

(1.08 - 1.08)

(1.11 - 1.11)

(0.32 - 0.32)

(0.34 - 0.34)

INT

Unfriendly

(1.00 - 1.00)

(0.75 - 0.75)

(0.44 - 0.44)

(0.66 - 0.66)

(0.19 - 0.19)

(0.44 - 0.44)

 

Dislike

(0.94 - 0.94)

(0.73 - 0.73)

(0.41 - 0.41)

(0.64 - 0.64)

0.23 - 0.08

0.57 - 0.19

  1. Note. SOM = Somatic complaints, DEP = Depressive affect, POS = Positive affect, INT = Interpersonal problems. A bracketed value means that the equality restriction held for the Chinese and Dutch sample. Non-bracketed values indicate that the invariance constraint was lifted for that item.