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This study sought to determine to what extent depression in young adolescents could be predicted by a variety of demographic and personality measures. A sample of 132 adolescents enrolled in junior high school completed a biographical data sheet, short forms of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a Sensation- Seeking Scale (SSS), the Family Environment Scale (FES), a social support index (SSI), and a life stress inventory (LSI). The nondepressed group differed from the depressed group on a variety of variables, and stepwise multiple regression suggested a significant relationship between depression and life stress and an inverse relationship between depression and family cohesion.
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Received Ph.D. from University of North Dakota. Main research interests are family coping and child psychopathology.
Received M.A. from University of Washington. Main research interests are adolescent depression and future self-concept.
Received M.A. from University of Washington. Main research interests are Projective assessment of Personality.
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Friedrich, W., Reams, R. & Jacobs, J. Depression and suicidal ideation in early adolescents. J Youth Adolescence 11, 403–407 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01540377
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01540377