Faculty Articles
Lao Depression Inventory.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Personality Assessment
ISSN
0022-3891
Publication Date
Spring 1989
Abstract
There are no measurement tools that accurately measure depression among Lao refugees. The overall purpose of this research was to complete the development and validation procedures for the Lao Depression Inventory (LDI). The study consisted of 216 Ethnic Lao refugees. A clinical interview and 164 true/false questions were administered to identify specific items which could identify depression among the Ethnic Lao people. All items were administered in both English and Lao. Overall, 78 of the 164 items differentiated groups of depressed and nondepressed Lao at the .01 level. Results of validation procedures showed that a 30-item scale had an accuracy rate of 89% in identifying the presence of depression in the validation group; the hit-rate for the same items and cutoff was 92% in the cross-validation group. Potential uses of the scale are discussed.
DOI
10.1207/s15327752jpa5301_16
Volume
53
Issue
1
First Page
161
Last Page
168
NSUWorks Citation
Davidson-Muskin, M. B.,
Golden, C. J.
(1989). Lao Depression Inventory.. Journal of Personality Assessment, 53(1), 161-168.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/477
