Purpose: To determine:(a) what demographic and psychosocial factors are associated with
elevated levels of depressive symptoms in adolescence;(b) whether girls and boys show …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the range of depressive symptoms reported by adolescents in a
nationally representative US sample and to examine factors associated with persistent …

Objective To examine the correlates and consequences of high levels of depressive
symptoms among adolescents. Design Secondary analysis of the 1997 Commonwealth …

Objective To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and risk behaviors associated with
depressive symptoms in a nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of young …

This study examined sex differences in risk factors associated with adolescent depression in
a large sample of boys and girls. Moderation and mediation explanatory models of the sex …

BACKGROUND: Limited prior research suggests that depressed women are more likely to
experience certain symptoms of depression than are depressed men. The purpose of this …

PURPOSE: To compare depressive symptoms between US adolescents and adults.
METHODS: Data are from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N …

Although there has been evidence for some time of a sex difference in depression, relatively
little research has examined the developmental process by which women come to be at …

Stress exposure and reactivity models were examined as explanations for why girls exhibit
greater levels of depressive symptoms than boys. In a multiwave, longitudinal design …

In an ongoing 10-year longitudinal study in a lower-middle-class community, 21% of 378
fifteen-year-olds studied through interviews and questionnaires reported high levels of …