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NURSING RESEARCH
Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 201-207Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200007000-00003
Keywords
depression; negative thinking; health of college women
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- NINR NIH HHS [R15 NR04203] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: One of every three women between 18 and 24 years of age may be significantly depressed. Younger women have shown increasing rates of unipolar depression since the 1950s, and the average age of onset continues to decline. Objectives: To examine the prevalence and correlates of high depressive symptoms in single college women 18 to 24 years of age. Negative thinking was posited to mediate the relationship between self-esteem and depressive symptoms. Methods: A sample of 246 women was recruited from a university student body. Each woman completed a survey that included the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the Crandell Cognitions Inventory, and the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire. Results: Of the women, 35% had high depressive symptoms. Negative thinking mediated the relationship between self-esteem and depressive symptoms. However, self-esteem also showed a weak direct effect on depressive symptoms. Conclusion: The findings suggest that negative thinking may play an important role in the development of depressive symptoms in college women.
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