Although depressive disorders are among the most common disorders in youth, highly
efficacious treatments for childhood affective disorders are lacking. There is significant need …

Research examining the epidemiology of depression suggests that ado-lescence may be a
critical period for understanding the development of this disorder for two reasons. First …

Ever since their introduction in the late 1960s, cognitive theories of vulnerability to
depression have generated a vast amount of empirical attention (Abramson et al., 2002; …

Rates of subclinical symptoms and full-blown depression significantly increase during
adolescence. Hence, understanding how multiple cognitive risk factors are related to …

The current study examined whether the relationship between four cognitive vulnerability
factors (eg, depressogenic inferential styles, dysfunctional attitudes, self-criticism, and …

We summarize and integrate research on cognitive vulnerability to depression among
children and adolescents. We first review prospective longitudinal studies of the most …

Major depressive disorder significantly impacts the developmental trajectory of youth as well
as adults, and cognitive vulnerability models of depression have contributed to our …

The present narrative review has covered the current evidence regarding the role of
cognitive impairments during the early phase of major depressive disorder (MDD) …

This paper quantitatively reviews longitudinal studies examining three central cognitive
theories of depression—Beck's theory, Hopelessness theory, and the Response Styles …

Depression commonly co-occurs with anxiety and externalizing problems. Etiological factors
from a central cognitive theory of depression, the Hopelessness Theory (Abramson et al …