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[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 55 (6) of Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (see record 2008-10746-001). An error occurred in Table 3. Specifically, for the three-factor solutions, the coefficient of congruence between the first factor of the combined sample and the first (rather than the second) factor of the nonreferred sample should read" 93."] The construct and discriminant validity of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) was evaluated for a large child and adolescent sample of clinical inpatients (n&= &153) and demographically comparable nonreferred subjects (n&= &153). Principal component analyses of the overall sample, using separate groups of clinical and nonreferred samples, found two-and three-factor models with optimal simple structure and clinical meaningfulness. These factors characterized Depressive Affect, Oppositional Behavior, and Personal …