ERIC Number: EJ758251
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 12
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Psychosocial Factors in Adolescent and Young Adult Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms: Causal or Correlational Associations?
Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Haslimeier, Claudia; Metzke, Christa Winkler
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v36 n1 p89-100 Jan 2007
Using a large longitudinal representative community sample, this study identified three groups of subjects who were depressed either in pre-adolescence, late adolescence or early adulthood, and matched by age and gender to controls without depression. The 90th percentile on one or two self-reported symptom scales [i. e. the Center for Epidemilogical Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) or the subscale Anxious/Depressed subscale on either the Youth Self Report (YSR) or the Young Adult Self Report (YASR)] served as the cut-off for the depression groups. Psychosocial variables under study included life events and life events impact, coping, self-related cognitions, perceived parental rearing style, family relations, perceived school environment, and the internalizing (except anxious/depressed) and externalizing problem scale of the YSR/YASR. The study found a large number of time-related correlations between psychosocial factors and depression. Evidence for causal effect (either antecedent or consequent) was obtained only for self-esteem, perceived maternal rejection, and internalizing problems.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Educational Environment, Young Adults, Depression (Psychology), Longitudinal Studies, Psychological Patterns, Social Influences, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Correlation, Attribution Theory, Anxiety, Coping, Parent Influence, Child Rearing, Family Relationship, Behavior Problems, Self Esteem, Rejection (Psychology), Mothers
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Language: English
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