Age-related changes in the distributions of depressive symptom items in the general population: a cross-sectional study using the exponential distribution model

Background. Previous research has reported inconsistent evidence of the trajectory of depressive symptoms across the adult lifespan. We investigated how the distributions of each item score change with age and determined whether the trajectory of depressive symptoms varied with the scoring methods o...

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Main Authors: Shinichiro Tomitaka, Yohei Kawasaki, Kazuki Ide, Hiroshi Yamada, Toshiaki A. Furukawa, Yutaka Ono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1547.pdf