Factor structure and measurement invariance of the 8-item CES-D: a national longitudinal sample of Chinese adolescents

Table 4 Factor loadings of the competing models using the data at T2

Item	Model 1		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
Item	DM	SC	DS	Neg	DS	Pos	NS	DHF
n6	0.74		0.27	0.72	0.76		0.76
n7		0.78	0.29	0.70	0.75		0.75
n11		0.61	0.28	0.54	0.61		0.61
n14	0.77		0.34	0.71	0.79		0.79
n18	0.78		0.31	0.74	0.80		0.80
n20		0.75	0.30	0.68	0.74		0.74
p12	0.59		0.80		0.32	0.74		0.80
p16	0.61		0.82		0.33	0.74		0.82
AVE	0.49	0.51	0.23	0.47	0.44	0.55	0.55	0.66
Variance^a	50.15%		58.30%		57.88%		57.95%

^aThe content in the last row demonstrated explained percentage of the factor(s) in each model to the total variance
DM Depressed Mood, SC Somatic Complaints, DS Depressive Symptoms, Neg Negative Method, Pos Positive Method, NS Negative Symptoms, DHF Diminished Happiness Feeling, AVE Average variance extracted

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