Temporal Relationships among Depressive Symptoms, Risky Behavior Engagement, Perceived Control, and Gender in a Sample of Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Auerbach, Randy P.; Tsai, Beatrice; Abela, John R. Z.
Titel	Temporal Relationships among Depressive Symptoms, Risky Behavior Engagement, Perceived Control, and Gender in a Sample of Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20 (2010) 3, S.726-747 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00657.x
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Risk; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Prediction; Correlation; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Measures (Individuals); Behavior Patterns; Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risiko; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Vorhersage; Korrelation; Messdaten; Rollen
Abstract	The goals of the study were to examine whether (a) risky behaviors precede depressive symptoms or, conversely, depressive symptoms predict risky behavior engagement; (b) gender moderates the relationship between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms; and (c) perceived control strengthens the association between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms. At Time 1, 118 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing perceived control, risky behavior engagement, and depressive symptoms. Follow-up assessments occurred every 6 weeks (Times 2-5), and participants completed measures assessing risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that neither risky behavior engagement nor depressive symptoms emerged as main effects for the sample as a whole. When examining the relationship between depressive symptoms and risky behavior engagement as a function of gender, boys', but not girls', risky behavior engagement predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms. Irrespective of whether we examined boys or girls, depressive symptoms did not predict risky behavior engagement. With regards to the role of cognitive vulnerability, adolescents with lower levels of perceived control reported higher levels of depressive symptoms following risky behavior engagement. These findings suggest that both gender and cognitive vulnerability factors may potentiate the relationship between risky behavior engagement and subsequent depressive symptoms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10