Children’s Depression Inventory

Child depression inventory is used to view symptoms severity and there are several scales that are used to screen a child for depression. According to the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology (Murphy, Marelich, & Hoffman, 2000), depression must be tested using dual construct, single construct and unrelated dual construct and higher order of analysis to understand the different factors that can effect testing out comes. A study was conducted on youth that had a mother with HIV to show the difference between anxiety and depression as it relates to environment. Eighty-six mothers with their children, with the average age being eight, answered questions such as education, race, treatment records and even in house interviews. It was found that environmental factors influence the children’s depressive states and high levels of anxiety. Due to the negative circumstances some homes were found to lack support and cohesive parental attachment. The child expressed emotion more aggressive and become very hostile. The single construct was the knowledge of the virus leading to the dual construct of negative interaction with family and other social aspects it was found that correlation between the negative mood and poor social skills rated high for depression. There was also a correlation between anxiety was linked to negative behaviors. Due to the complex treatment of the mother, the child’s cognitive development was also impacted.

CHILDREN’S DEPRESSION INVENTORY 3
Another study suggests that age, gender and even economic status impacts the scores of the child depression inventory (Twenge & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2002). A group of 310 children from varies backgrounds and races showed that boys and girls have a balanced score, around twelve in boys there was a slight increase and thirteen in girls. In the white and black children the score mean was about the same. In the Hispanic population the scores were much higher. In order to achieve the