Objective Increases in depression among adolescents have been concurrent with increases
in digital media use. In this article, recent trends in mental health among US adolescents …

Stress generation theory initially posited that depression elevates risk for some stressful
events (ie, dependent events) but not others (ie, independent events). This preregistered …

Introduction Adolescents spend an increasing amount of time using digital media, but
gender differences in their use and in associations with psychological well-being are …

Purpose Previous research on associations between screen media use and mental health
produced mixed findings, possibly because studies have not examined screen activities …

Depression is a debilitating mental illness with clear developmental patterns from childhood
through late adolescence. Here, we present data from the Gene Environment Mood (GEM) …

Interpersonal relationships are indispensable in helping adolescents cope with stressors,
acting as social support sources that protect them from psychological distress. Learning from …

Within the past 20years, depression research has given increasing consideration to the
possibility of complex and reciprocal relations between stress and depression. Not only …

From early adolescence through adulthood, women are twice as likely as men to experience
depression. Many different explanations for this gender difference in depression have been …

In adulthood, twice as many women as men are depressed, a pattern that holds in most
nations. In childhood, girls are no more depressed than boys, but more girls than boys are …

I have been given a priceless opportunity to reflect on my career in the remarkably
productive field of risk factors for depression. Psychological research on depression …