ERIC Number: EJ946231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Nov
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Factor Structure of the "Escala de Autoeficacia para la Depresion en Adolescentes" (EADA)
Diaz-Santos, Mirella; Cumba-Aviles, Eduardo; Bernal, Guillermo; Rivera-Medina, Carmen
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v33 n4 p447-468 Nov 2011
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 Depresion 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. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Construct Validity, Validity, Factor Structure, Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Puerto Ricans, Adolescent Development, Cultural Influences, Psychometrics
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