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JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
Volume 39, Issue 6, Pages 579-593Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9406-z
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Trajectories; Children's depression; Early risk factors
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R24 HD042828, R24 HD042828-10] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA008093-14A2, R01 DA008093, R001 DA08093-14] Funding Source: Medline
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Few studies have examined risk factors of childhood and early adolescent depressive symptomatology trajectories. This study examined self-report depressive symptomatology across a 6-year time period from 2nd to 8th grade to identify latent groups of individuals with similar patterns of depressive phenomena in a sample of 951 children (440 girls, 511 boys). Analyses, using semiparametric group modeling (SGM), identified 5 trajectory groups for girls and boys: low depressed stables, low depressed risers, mildly depressed stables, moderately depressed changers, and moderately depressed risers. Individual risk factors, with the exception of shy/withdrawn behavior, were significantly different across trajectory group membership for boys and girls, as was low-income status for boys. Boys in the low depressed and mildly depressed stable trajectory groups had significantly higher levels of antisocial behavior, attention problems, and lower social competency compared to girls in similar groups. These results suggest that universal prevention programs implemented in early elementary school that target selected risk factors may be helpful in reducing future adolescent mental health problems, specifically depressive symptomatology.
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