Factorial validity and gender invariance of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in student-athletes.
J Am Coll Health
; : 1-7, 2024 Mar 28.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:
Depressive symptoms are prevalent in student-athletes. Evidence for the factorial validity of measures assessing depressive symptoms in student-athletes is presently absent from the literature. This study examined the best fitting factorial structure and invariance across sexes of the PHQ-9.METHODS:
Data were collected from 1,524 student-athletes from institutions in the North-Eastern United States. Confirmatory factor analyses of 4 factorial structures of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were conducted, followed by invariance analyses across sexes.RESULTS:
All tested models showed an excellent fit for all tested models and a unidimensional model of the PHQ-9 was chosen for further analyses. Metric and scalar invariance for the identified model across sexes was supported. The participants in this study reported an unusually low (3.13%) prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms, which may indicate underreporting of symptoms.CONCLUSION:
Using a unidimensional, composite score via the PHQ-9 is a valid assessment of depressive symptoms in male and female student-athletes.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
J Am Coll Health
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canadá
Country of publication:
Estados Unidos