The Relationship of Young Adolescent Children\u27s Depression Inventory (CDI) Scores to Their Social and Cognitive Functioning

The relationship of young adolescents\u27 scores on the Children\u27s Depression Inventory (CDI) to subjective and objective indices of their social and cognitive functioning was examined. Subjects were 89 young adolescents (11–15 years old), their parents, and their social studies teachers. The correlations of adolescents\u27 CDI scores with recent school grades, objective ratings of overt social behavior, and measures of adolescent social and cognitive competence as perceived by the adolescent, both parents, and the teacher were examined. CDI scores were significantly and negatively correlated with school grades, behavioral ratings of positive social communication, and adolescent, mother, father, and teacher perceptions of the adolescents\u27 social and cognitive competence. The relationship of these findings to those of other CDI validity studies is discussed