Acculturation and the Center for Epidemiological Studies--Depression Scale for Hispanic Women.

The article discusses a study to evaluate the relationship of acculturation, defined with a dimensional measure, to Spanish-language the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) in a sample of Spanish-speaking Hispanic women. It highlights the randomized trial that used the Americanism subscale of the Bidimensional Acculturation Scale. It is inferred that less acculturated women responded more positively to "People were unfriendly," than did more acculturated women.