Factor Analysis of the Children's Depression Inventory

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Abstract
Factor analyses of responses to the Children's Depression Inventory were compared for two groups: 123 children at a psychiatric outpatient clinic and 175 elementary school children who attended Grades 4, 5, and 6. Varimax rotations of principal-axis factors yielded four factors for the clinic children and two factors for the non-clinic student group. The items constituting the factors for the clinic group appeared to be theoretically related. These four factors were considered to reflect cognitive, motivational, social integration, and somatic components. In contrast, for the students there were a general factor with no predominant theme and a second factor characterized by non-compliant behavior. The implications for the relationship between adult and childhood depressive symptomatology are discussed as well as suggestions for studying the inventory as a screening instrument.

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