Factor Structure and Longitudinal Invariance of the CES-D across Diverse Residential Backgrounds in Chinese Adolescents

Background:Valid and reliable measures of depressive symptoms are crucial for understanding risk factors,outcomes,and interventions across rural and urban settings.Despite this need,the longitudinal invariance of these measures over time remains understudied.This research explores the structural components of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CES-D)and examines its consistency across various living environments and temporal stability in a cohort of Chinese teenagers.Method:In the initial phase,1,042 adolescents furnished demographic details and undertook the CES-D assessment.After a three-month interval,967 of these participants repeated the CES-D evaluation.The study employed Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)to scrutinize the scale’s structural integrity.We investigated factorial invariance by conducting a twopronged CFA:one comparing urban vs.rural backgrounds,and another contrasting the results from the initial assessment with those from the follow-up.Results:The CES-D demonstrated adequate reliability in both rural and urban high school student samples.The preliminary four-factor model applied to the CES-D demonstrated a good fit with the collected data.Invariance tests,including multigroup analyses comparing rural and urban samples and longitudinal assessments,confirmed the scale’s invariance.Conclusions:The results suggest that the CES-D serves as a reliable instrument for evaluating depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents.Its applicability is consistent across different living environments and remains stable over time.

Strong invariance principle for a counterbalanced random walk

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Form Invariance of Birkhoffian Systems

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Form Invariance of Lagrange System

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Invariance of Numerical Character of Matrix Products and Their Statistical Applications

To study the invariance of numerical character of matrix products and their statistical applications by matrix theory and linear model theory. Necessary and sufficient conditions are established for the product AB -C to have its numerical characters invariant with respect to every minimum norm g inverse, respectively. The algebraic results derived are then applied to investigate relationships among BLUE, WLSE and OLSE under the general Gauss? Markoff model.

Form Invariance of Routh Equations

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Conformal invariance and integration of first-order differential equations

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A conformal invariance for generalized Birkhoff equations

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Conformal invariance and conserved quantity of Hamilton systems

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Conformal invariance and Noether symmetry, Lie symmetry of holonomic mechanical systems in event space

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Conformal invariance and Hojman conserved quantities of first order Lagrange systems

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Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of dynamical system of relative motion

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Lie-form invariance of nonholonomic mechanical systems

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Form invariance and new conserved quantity of generalised Birkhoffian system

A form invariance and a conserved quantity of the generalised Birkhoffian system are studied. First, a definition and a criterion of the form invariance are given. Secondly, through the form invariance, a new conserved quantity can be deduced. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the result.

Conformal invariance,Noether symmetry,Lie symmetry and conserved quantities of Hamilton systems

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Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of non-conservative Lagrange systems by point transformations

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Conformal invariance and Hojman conserved quantities for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates

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Conformal invariance and a kind of Hojman conserved quantity of the Nambu system

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Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of Appell systems under second-class Mei symmetry

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Conformal invariance and conserved quantity of third-order Lagrange equations for non-conserved mechanical systems

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