Multiple domains of risk factors for first onset of depression in adolescent girls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

First onsets of depression are especially common in adolescent females and often develop into chronic/recurrent illness. Surprisingly few studies have comprehensively evaluated multiple domains of etiologically-informative risk factors for first onset in adolescents from the community. We investigated whether clinical, cognitive, personality, interpersonal, and biological risk factors prospectively predict a first onset of depressive disorder (DD), and of DD with a chronic/recurrent course, in a community sample of adolescent girls.

Methods

479 girls (13.5-15.5 years) with no history of DD completed baseline assessments of risk factors and five diagnostic assessments over 3 years. Baseline measures were analyzed separately and jointly to prospectively predict firs

SUBMITTER: Michelini G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature