Measuring Depression in Young Adults: Preliminary Development of an English Version of the Teate Depression Inventory

Linda Ruan-Iu (), Laura L. Pendergast, Pei-Chun Liao, Paul Jones, Nathaniel von der Embse, Marco Innamorati and Michela Balsamo
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Linda Ruan-Iu: Department of Psychological Studies in Education and Human Development, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Laura L. Pendergast: Department of Psychological Studies in Education and Human Development, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Pei-Chun Liao: Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
Paul Jones: Department of Psychological Studies in Education and Human Development, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Nathaniel von der Embse: College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Marco Innamorati: Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, 00163 Roma, Italy
Michela Balsamo: Department of Psychological Sciences, Humanities and Territory, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: Depression is a common and debilitating condition that impacts individuals with various cultural backgrounds, medical conditions, and life circumstances. Thus, assessment tools need to be useful among different cultural groups. The 21-item Teate Depression Inventory (TDI) was developed in Italy, is designed to assess major depression, and focuses on cognitive and affective rather than somatic symptoms. This study aims to examine the factor structure and concurrent validity of the TDI English version among a non-clinical population in the United States. Participants included 398 adults (mean age 19.89 years, SD = 2.72, range: 18 to 46 years old) who completed the TDI and The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised (CESD-R). The results supported a three-factor bifactor structure of the TDI (Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Daily Functioning), which largely corresponds to the Tripartite Model of affective disorders. These findings support the use of TDI scores as measures of depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults, offering researchers and practitioners a brief and useful tool.

Keywords: depression; structural validity; concurrent validity; Tripartite Model; young adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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