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Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

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Neuroticism, Life Events and Negative Thoughts in the Development of Depression in Adolescent Girls

Auteurs: Amy J. Kercher, Ronald M. Rapee, Carolyn A. Schniering

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 7/2009

Abstract

Theories of depression suggest that cognitive and environmental factors may explain the relationship between personality and depression. This study tested such a model in early adolescence, incorporating neuroticism, stress-generation and negative automatic thoughts in the development of depressive symptoms. Participants (896 girls, mean age 12.3 years) completed measures of personality and depressive symptoms, and 12 months later completed measures of depressive symptoms, recent stressors and negative automatic thoughts. Path analysis supported a model in which neuroticism serves as a distal vulnerability for depression, conferring a risk of experiencing dependent negative events and negative automatic thoughts, which fully mediate the effect of neuroticism on later depression. A second path supported a maintenance model for depression in adolescence, with initial levels of depression predicting dependent negative events, negative automatic thoughts and subsequent depressive symptoms. Unexpectedly, initial depression was also associated with later independent life events. This study establishes potential mechanisms through which personality contributes to the development of depression in adolescent girls.

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Titel: Neuroticism, Life Events and Negative Thoughts in the Development of Depression in Adolescent Girls
Auteurs: Amy J. Kercher
Ronald M. Rapee
Carolyn A. Schniering
Publicatiedatum: 01-10-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 7/2009
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9325-1

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