| Depression in Early, Middle and Late Adolescence: Differential Evidence for the Cognitive Diathesis-Stress Model. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 22473794 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Cognitive theory is a prominent framework to study depression in both adults and adolescents. This theory stated that dysfunctional schemas are moderators (known as diathesis) in the association of current stress and psychopathology. However, in adolescents, less evidence has been found so far to corroborate the importance of these schemas. This study aimed to investigate in a cross-sectional design the moderating role of adolescents' early maladaptive schemas (EMS) on depressive symptoms. This will be studied in relation to both important daily stressors (i.e., maternal, paternal and peer rejection) and stressful life events. METHOD: Adolescents (N = 228, age 12-18 years), selected from inpatient and outpatient clinical settings and a non-referred sample, completed questionnaires and interviews measuring psychopathology, cognitive schemas, peer rejection, maternal and paternal rejection, and stressful life events. Parents completed questionnaires about their adolescent measuring psychopathology, stressful life events and peer rejection, as well as their own parental behaviour. RESULTS: Correlational analyses revealed significant associations between the study variables. Evidence was found for an interaction effect between the adolescents' EMS and peer rejection in explaining depressive symptoms, but only in late adolescents. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGE: Stress induced by maternal and, in lesser extent, paternal rejection is contributing to depressive symptoms primarily in younger and to lesser extent in older age groups. The quality of peer relationships becomes an increasingly salient source of distress as adolescence unfolds and is certainly an important mechanism affecting depression in adolescence. Maladaptive schemas only start functioning as a cognitive diathesis in late adolescence, increasing depression in response to peer-related distress. Since maladaptive schemas are not yet operating as cognitive vulnerability factors in early and middle adolescence, early interventions for depressive disorders may be more effective compared with treatment in later adolescence.Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Caroline Braet; Leen Van Vlierberghe; Eva Vandevivere; Lotte Theuwis; Guy Bosmans |
Related Documents
:
|
1451774 - From front line to home front: a study of secondary traumatization. 22687394 - The association between social stress and global cognitive function in a population-bas... 15156084 - Workers' compensation for psychological injury: personal and environmental correlates. 17388084 - Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among social workers. 21315594 - Extreme aggression in male squid induced by a β-msp-like pheromone. 22191194 - Influence of family structure on sexual behavior of turkish female adolescents. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-4 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Clinical psychology & psychotherapy Volume: - ISSN: 1099-0879 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2012-4-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 9416196 Medline TA: Clin Psychol Psychother Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
Copyright Information:
|
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Affiliation:
|
Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. caroline.braet@ugent.be. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Physiological effects of free fatty acid production in genetically engineered Synechococcus elongatu...
Next Document: Simultaneous determination of lamivudine, lopinavir, ritonavir, and zidovudine concentration in plas...