Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders and is associated with a great
deal of personal distress and disruption in people's lives. Because depression often …

This article explores how assumptions of determinacy and indeterminacy apply to general
strain theory. Theories assuming determinacy assert that motivational conditions determine …

The present study examined the relationship between post-divorce interparental conflict and
adolescent attitudes about marriage, as well as how maternal disclosures and adolescent …

Depression among children and adolescents is a relatively common, enduring, and
recurrent disorder (Kovacs, Feinberg, Crouse-Novak, Paulauskas, & Finkelstein, 1984) that …

This study is a means of validating the Harter's Social Support Scale for Children on a
sample of Mexican and Mexican American ninth-grade students to assist researchers and …

The period of pubertal development coincides with a dramatic shift in the prevalence rates of
depression. As depressive disorders rise in general during adolescence, puberty seems to …

This exploratory study examined gender differences in the patterns of drug offers among a
sample of 71 American Indian middle school students. Participants responded to an …

Does the trajectory of depressed mood increase during adolescence and/or vary by race,
class and gender? What shapes the trajectory of depressed mood in adolescence? To …

Previous research indicates that the family environments of depressed children are
characterized by parent psychopathology, poor family relationships, little communication …

This dissertation examines how identity processes affect teens' mental health as they move
through adolescence and transition into young adulthood. Using seven waves of panel data …