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Center For Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale For Children (CES-DC)

The CES-DC is a 20-item self-report inventory for assessing depression in children and adolescents. Scores range from 0-60, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms. Items are scored from 0-3 based on responses. Positively phrased items are reverse scored. The developers established a cutoff score of 15 for identifying depressive symptoms.

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Center For Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale For Children (CES-DC)

The CES-DC is a 20-item self-report inventory for assessing depression in children and adolescents. Scores range from 0-60, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms. Items are scored from 0-3 based on responses. Positively phrased items are reverse scored. The developers established a cutoff score of 15 for identifying depressive symptoms.

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Center for Epidemiological Studies

Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)

The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) is a 20- item
self-report depression inventory with possible scores ranging from 0 to 60. Each response to an
item is scored as follows:

0 = Not At All
1 = A Little
2 = Some
3 = A Lot

However, items 4, 8, 12, and 16 are phrased positively, and thus are scored in the opposite order:

3 = Not At All
2 = A Little
1 = Some
0 = A Lot

Higher CES-DC scores indicate increasing levels of depression. Weissman et al. (1980), the
developers of the CES-DC, have used the cutoff score of 15 as being suggestive of depressive
symptoms in children and adolescents.

REFERENCES

Weissman MM, Orvaschel H, Padian N: Childrens symptom and social functioning self-report
scales: Comparison of mothers and childrens reports. Journal of Nervous Mental Disorders
168(12):736740; 1980.

Faulstich ME, Carey MP, Ruggiero L, et al.: Assessment of depression in childhood and
adolescence: An evaluation of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for
Children (CES-DC). American Journal of Psychiatry143(8):10241027; 1986.
Center for Epidemiological Studies
Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
INSTRUCTIONS
Below is a list of the ways you might have felt or acted. Please check how much you have felt
this way during the past week.
DURING THE PAST WEEK Not At All A Little Some A Lot
1. I was bothered by things that usually dont bother me. _____ _____ _____ _____
2. I did not feel like eating, I wasnt very hungry. _____ _____ _____ _____
3. I wasnt able to feel happy, even when my family or _____ _____ _____ _____
friends tried to help me feel better.
4. I felt like I was just as good as other kids. _____ _____ _____ _____
5. I felt like I couldnt pay attention to what I was doing. _____ _____ _____ _____

DURING THE PAST WEEK Not At All A Little Some A Lot


6. I felt down and unhappy. _____ _____ _____ _____
7. I felt like I was too tired to do things. _____ _____ _____ _____
8. I felt like something good was going to happen. _____ _____ _____ _____
9. I felt like things I did before didnt work out right. _____ _____ _____ _____
10. I felt scared. _____ _____ _____ _____

DURING THE PAST WEEK Not At All A Little Some A Lot


11. I didnt sleep as well as I usually sleep. _____ _____ _____ _____
12. I was happy. _____ _____ _____ _____
13. I was more quiet than usual. _____ _____ _____ _____
14. I felt lonely, like I didnt have any friends. _____ _____ _____ _____
15. I felt like kids I know were not friendly or that _____ _____ _____ _____
they didnt want to be with me.

DURING THE PAST WEEK Not At All A Little Some A Lot


16. I had a good time. _____ _____ _____ _____
17. I felt like crying. _____ _____ _____ _____
18. I felt sad. _____ _____ _____ _____
19. I felt people didnt like me. _____ _____ _____ _____
20. It was hard to get started doing things. _____ _____ _____ _____

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