A latent class analysis of depressive symptoms in youth from the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN): Clinical and socio-ecological correlates.
BACKGROUND Adolescent depression is heterogeneous, yet many studies rely on aggregate symptom scores that may obscure meaningful differences in symptom presentation. Latent class analysis (LCA) offers a person-centered approach for identifying symptom subgroups, but few studies have examined depressive symptom classes...