An adapted version of the Child Depression Inventory (CDI: Kovacs, 1992) was administered. The CDI is a standardized measure and has been widely used with large nationally representative, as well as cross-cultural samples, to gauge an adolescent’s report of his/her own feelings of sadness and depression. Prior work with both English and Spanish versions has yielded strong reliability and validity (Beck, Steer, & Garbin, 1988). Our adapted version contained eight items and had an alpha of .67 for adolescent self-report, with high scores representing more depressive symptoms.
