Factor Structure of the Escala de Autoeficacia para la Depresión en Adolescentes (EADA)

Abstract

The current concept and measures of self-efficacy for depression in adolescents do not consider developmental and cultural aspects essential to understand and assess this construct in Latino youth. We examined the factor structure of the Escala de Autoeficacia para la Depresión en Adolescentes (EADA): a Spanish instrument designed to assess this construct as experienced by this population. Participants were 116 Puerto Rican adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who completed the EADA and two other self-report measures. An exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor solution (Personal Self-Efficacy for Depression and Interpersonal Self-Efficacy for Depression) accounting for 37.57% of the total variance. Results revealed that EADA factors have excellent internal consistency as well as concurrent and construct validity, supporting its adequacy to assess Latino adolescents’ self-efficacy for depression. The conceptual meaning of the factors was consistent with the distinction between aspects of this construct hypothesized to be important among Latino youth.

Propiedades Psicométricas del Inventario de Depresión Mayor (MDI) en Población Universitaria Colombiana

“…La mayoría de los estudios sobre la depresión resaltan la importancia de reconocer y diferenciar los síntomas asociados a dicha patología, puesto que, los instrumentos usados para el diagnóstico y el manejo de depresión, buscan identificar la presencia del trastorno depresivo a través del reconocimiento de síntomas somáticos, emocionales, cognitivos y conductuales (Cano, Gómez, & Rondón, 2016). Al respecto, Bustos, Galvis y Rojas (2015) identifican que algunos de los instrumentos de mayor aplicación a nivel mundial son: el Inventario de Depresión de Beck (Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996), la Escala de Depresión del Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos CES-D (Fuhrer & Rouillon, 1989), la escala de Autoeficacia para la depresión en adolescentes (Díaz-Santos, Cumba-Avilés, Bernal, & Rivera-Medina, 2008), la escala Reynolds de depresión en adolescentes (Reynolds, & Mazza, 1998), la escala Kessler K10 (Kessler, & Mroczek, 1994) y la escala de autoevaluación de depresión (Zung, 1965).…”

182. The Influence of Peer Relationships on Latina Adolescents’ Experiences with Depressive Symptoms

“…In another study, adolescents experiencing depression described family and friends as "umbrellas" protecting them from the storm of depression and contributing significantly to their journey in healing from depression (Ofonedu, Percy, Harris-Britt, & Belcher, 2013). Others have suggested that reliance on others, such as family and friends, is an important component of depression self-management among Latinx adolescents due to values of the Latinx culture, which are collectivist in nature and promote reliance on social support networks when solving personal problems (Díaz-Santos, Cumba-Avilés, Bernal, & Rivera-Medina, 2011).…”