Identifying Trajectories of Adolescents' Depressive Phenomena: An Examination of Early Risk Factors

Autor/inn/en	Mazza, James J.; Fleming, Charles B.; Abbott, Robert D.; Haggerty, Kevin P.; Catalano, Richard F.
Titel	Identifying Trajectories of Adolescents' Depressive Phenomena: An Examination of Early Risk Factors
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (2010) 6, S.579-593 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9406-z
Schlagwörter	Self Evaluation (Individuals); Group Membership; Antisocial Behavior; Prevention; Early Adolescents; Risk; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Gender Differences; Low Income; Attention Deficit Disorders; Interpersonal Competence; Elementary School Students; Mental Disorders; Health Promotion; Mental Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risiko; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Niedriglohn; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Psychohygiene
Abstract	Few studies have examined risk factors of childhood and early adolescent depressive symptomatology trajectories. This study examined self-report depressive symptomatology across a 6-year time period from 2nd to 8th grade to identify latent groups of individuals with similar patterns of depressive phenomena in a sample of 951 children (440 girls, 511 boys). Analyses, using semiparametric group modeling (SGM), identified 5 trajectory groups for girls and boys: low depressed stables, low depressed risers, mildly depressed stables, moderately depressed changers, and moderately depressed risers. Individual risk factors, with the exception of shy/withdrawn behavior, were significantly different across trajectory group membership for boys and girls, as was low-income status for boys. Boys in the low depressed and mildly depressed stable trajectory groups had significantly higher levels of antisocial behavior, attention problems, and lower social competency compared to girls in similar groups. These results suggest that universal prevention programs implemented in early elementary school that target selected risk factors may be helpful in reducing future adolescent mental health problems, specifically depressive symptomatology. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10