The Romanian CES-D Scale: A promising instrument for clinical and non-clinical use
The Romanian CES-D Scale: A promising instrument for clinical and non-clinical use

Summary/Abstract: Since its inception, the Center of Epidemiologic Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) has been a widely used instrument for screening depressive symptoms in the general population, as well as in clinical settings. The CES-D has also been the focus of empirical investigation, translation, and adaptation across the globe, and was shown to have good psychometric properties. Until now, there has been no empirical attempt to translate and adapt the instrument in Romania. In two studies, the CES-D was translated into Romanian using the ‘translation-back-translation’ method (Brislin, 1970). The equivalence of the translated version was tested using Butcher and Gur’s (1974) bilingual test-retest technique as per International Test Commision requirements (Hambleton & Patsula, 1999). Additionally, test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities were calculated. The results established a suitable translation and good reliability for the instrument. In the second study, we provide evidence of the concurrent and convergent validity of the Romanian CES-D.

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