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. 2024 Jul 29;77(3):e20230232.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0232. eCollection 2024.

University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian Version, Construct Assessment

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Fernanda Pâmela Machado  1 , Marcos Hirata Soares  1 , Katya Luciane de Oliveira  1 , Regina Celia Bueno Rezende Machado  1 , Adriano Luiz da Costa Farinasso  1 , Margarita Antonia Villar Luís  2
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University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian Version, Construct Assessment

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Fernanda Pâmela Machado et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objectives: to assess the University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian version (USDI-BR), construct.

Methods: a methodological study carried out with a snowball probabilistic sample, consisting of 334 undergraduate and graduate students. Confirmatory factor analysis, reliability using McDonald's omega coefficient and Cronbach's alpha were performed. Principal component analysis was performed using the varimax rotation and oblimin rotation, using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin criteria, Bartlett's test of sphericity and scree plot.

Results: the USDI-BR presented an internal consistency of items of ω = 0.95 and remained with 30 items, with the addition of 1 factor (Death wish and social withdrawal), totaling 4 factors.

Conclusions: the USDI-BR has evidence that points to its validity and also its internal consistency, deserving that new studies be carried out to expand the evidence of its psychometric properties.

Objetivos:: evaluar el constructo del University Student Depression Inventory, versión brasileña (USDI-BR).

Métodos:: estudio metodológico, realizado con una muestra probabilística en bola de nieve compuesta por 334 estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado. Se realizaron análisis factoriales confirmatorios, confiabilidad mediante el coeficiente omega de McDonald y alfa de Cronbach. El análisis de componentes principales se realizó mediante rotación ortogonal varimax y rotación oblicua oblimin, utilizando los criterios de Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin, la prueba de esfericidad de Bartlett y scree plot.

Resultados:: el USDI-BR presentó una consistencia interna de ítems de ω = 0,95 y quedó con 30 ítems, con la adición de 1 factor (Deseo de muerte y alejamiento social), totalizando 4 factores.

Conclusiones:: el USDI-BR tiene evidencias que apuntan a su validez y también a su consistencia interna, ameritando que se realicen nuevos estudios para ampliar la evidencia de sus propiedades psicométricas.

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Figure 1. Scree plot of University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian version, items, Paraná, Brazil, 2023
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Figure 2. Theoretical model selected, tested and validated by confirmatory factor analysis according to the factors of the University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian version, Paraná Brazil, 2023
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Figura 1. Scree plot dos itens do University Student Depression Inventory, versão brasileira, Paraná, Brasil, 2023
Figura 2
Figura 2. Modelo teórico selecionado, testado e validado pela análise fatorial confirmatória conforme os fatores do University Student Depression Inventory, versão brasileira, Paraná, Brasil, 2023
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