J Korean Med Sci.  2006 Dec;21(6):1098-1102. 10.3346/jkms.2006.21.6.1098.

Validation Study of Tripartite Model of Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Sample in Korea

• Yang JW
• Hong SD
• Joung YS
• Kim JH

• KMID: 1713126
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2006.21.6.1098

Abstract

Although the currently available literature has provided some empirical support for a tripartite model of child and adolescent anxiety and depression, one of the limitations of these studies was that they have been conducted in America, primarily with Caucasians. In order to make this model more applicable to diverse ethnic and cultural groups, this study used a tripartite model for child and adolescent anxiety and depression in Korea, using confirmatory factor analysis with logically selected items from the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), as well as the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). The results indicated that the model fit of a threefactor model was superior to one- and two-factor models. In addition, the findings of discriminant analysis demonstrated that the correct classification rate with three factors of the tripartite model was superior to the classification rate achievable using CDI and RCMAS. In a departure from Clark and Watson's hypothesis, however, the correlations of three factors were significantly higher than had been expected. The results are discussed on the basis of cultural background.

Keyword

Child; Adolescent; Comorbidity; Anxiety; Depression

MeSH Terms

*Questionnaires
Personality Inventory/*statistics & numerical data
*Models, Psychological
Male
Korea/epidemiology
Humans
Female
Depression/*diagnosis/epidemiology/*psychology
Comorbidity
Child
Anxiety/*diagnosis/epidemiology/*psychology
Adolescent

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