A Closer Examination of the Temporal Relationship between Self-Competence and Depressive Symptoms during Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Ohannessian, Christine McCauley; Vannucci, Anna
Titel	A Closer Examination of the Temporal Relationship between Self-Competence and Depressive Symptoms during Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 40 (2020) 9, S.1318-1335 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ohannessian, Christine McCauley) ORCID (Vannucci, Anna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431619847527
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Competence; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Early Adolescents; Middle School Students; Grade 7; Grade 8; Public Schools; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Self Concept Measures; Measures (Individuals); Connecticut; Self Perception Profile for Adolescents; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kompetenz; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Messdaten
Abstract	This study examined the temporal relation between self-competence and depressive symptoms in a large, diverse, U.S. community sample of 1,344 adolescents (51% female; [x-bar] [subscript age] = 12.73, SD = 0.69, range = 11-14 years). Surveys were administered to seventh- and eighth-grade students at participating high schools in the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2017. Girls reported higher levels of depressive symptoms and self-competence in behavioral conduct and close friendships than boys, whereas boys reported higher levels of self-competence in athletic, physical appearance, and social domains than girls. Results from autoregressive, cross-lagged path models indicated that depressive symptoms predicted self-competence more consistently than the reverse. There were no gender differences in the associations between self-competence and depressive symptoms. Findings from this study underscore the importance of considering both directions of effect when examining psychosocial factors associated with depressive symptoms during early adolescence. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01