CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D)

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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n. a self-administered screening test which is commonly-used to assess a person's depression quotient. On a 20-item rating scale, this self-report reveals depressive feelings and unusual behaviors observed from the previous week and rates them into a quantitative measure. Developed by NIMH researcher Lenore Sawyer Radloff in 1971.

CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D): "The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is a self-report which screens and scores an indidivual in terms of depression. "

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D)
  2. SURVEY RESEARCH
  3. BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE (BARS)
  4. MIXED EPISODE
  5. STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE
  6. APPERSONATION
  7. ATTITUDE MEASURE
  8. PARTICIPANT
  9. BASIC NORDIC SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE (BNSQ)
  10. ATTITUDE SCALE
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D)," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/center-for-epidemiologic-studies-depression-scale-ces-d/ (accessed August 18, 2018).
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