作者
Njeri Kagotho, Michele Patak-Pietrafesa, Fred M Ssewamala, Gwyneth Kirkbride
发表日期
2018/1/1
期刊
Journal of Adolescent Health
卷号
62
期号
1
页码范围
S21-S28
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Purpose
The Child Depression Inventory (CDI) is a commonly used measure of depression among youth and has been used in studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa demonstrating positive effects of financial asset-building interventions on physical and mental health outcomes. However, before we can be certain that asset building does indeed improve mental health functioning, we must first be sure that the instruments used to measure mental health in this population are valid and culturally appropriate.
Methods
This two-part study used baseline data from a sample of youth (N = 1,348, 13–18 years) participating in the YouthSave-Impact Study Kenya to clarify the psychometric properties of the 10-item CDI (study A), and then used the 10-item CDI to assess the relationship between financial assets and mental health functioning among this sample of adolescents (study B).
Results
Factor analysis on the 10-item …
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