Adaptación psicométrica de la Escala de Depresión para Adolescentes de Reynolds (EDAR) en estudiantes de secundaria de Lima metropolitana / Psychometric adaptation of the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale in Peruvian secondary students in metro

Se presentan normas percentilares de la Escala de Depresion para Adolescentes de Reynolds (EDAR). La muestra estuvo integrada por 1.963 estudiantes secundarios, varones y mujeres, de colegios estatales y privados de Lima metropolitana. Los coeficientes alfa obtenidos por encima de .87 demostraron la consistencia interna de la EDAR. Se hallo que la depresion era mayor en las mujeres y en los escolares de colegios estatales. El procedimiento de analisis factorial Varimax dio lugar a una solucion de seis factores rotados, que explicaba el 45,8% de la varianza: desmoralizacion, colera y tristeza, anhedonia, baja autoestima, somatico-vegetativo y ansiedad escolar. Percentile norms are presented for the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS). They were obtained from a sample of 1.963 Pe ruvian se condary students, all men and women, from public and private schools. The al pha coefficients obtained were above .87, show ing the internal consistency of the scale . It was found that depression is hi gher in wom en and in publ ic schools’students.Factorial analyses we re performed: the rotated six factor orthogonal solution (Varimax) was obtained accounting for 45,8 perc ent of the tot al variance: Demoralization, anger and sadness, anhedonia, low self-esteem , somatic-vegetative and school anxiety.