There Are Critiques of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression

question 14

Multiple Choice

There are critiques of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) .Some of those critiques surround its development for use with English-speaking people of European descent.Thus,some of the trouble in assessing reliability for depression scales points to which of the following?

• A)People from different cultural backgrounds tend to answer questions in similar ways.
• B)Depression cannot be measured in a reliable way if surveys are given to people from different cultural backgrounds.
• C)No one should use the CES-D because we can't know for sure if the results are accurate.
• D)the need to take into account diverse populations when using any measure

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