Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 Construct validity findings

From: Testing the McSad depression specific classification system in patients with somatic conditions: validity and performance

	Diabetes				Cancer				Cancer-paper
McSad domains	CES-D	PHQ-9	RSE	EPQ-e	CES-D	PHQ-9	RSE	EPQ-e	CES-D
Emotion	.70**	.73**	-.43**	.24**	.64**	.52**	-.21**	.23**	.44**
Self-appraisal	.68**	.73**	-.48**	.26**	.61**	.52**	-.25**	.30**	.45**
Cognition	.67**	.72**	-.45**	.21**	.52**	.63**	-.25**	.20**	.43**
Physiology	.50**	.65**	-.32**	.16	.41**	.62**	-.10	.23**	.50**
Behavior	.68**	.76**	-.44**	.22**	.64**	.61**	-.29**	.22**	.52**
Role function	.68**	.74**	-.41**	.31**	.61**	.57**	-.28**	.18*	.47**
Mean	.65	.72	-.42	.23	.57	.58	-.23	.23	.47

Correlations (Spearman’s Rho) of McSad domains with depression (CES-D, PHQ-9), self-esteem (RSE) and extraversion (EPQ-e) scales.
* p < .05/** p < .01.

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