Utilizing network analysis to understand the structure of depression in Chinese adolescents: Replication with three depression scales.

ABSTRACT: Depression involves a heterogenous collection of symptoms. Network perspective views depressive symptoms as an interrelated network. The current study aimed to replicate network analyses on adolescent depression in three samples assessed with three instruments to examine the consistency of network structures and also examine the variance of networks between genders. Three samples of adolescents (total N = 4375, mean age = 15, 49.1% boys) were assessed with PHQ-9, SMFQ and CDI, respectively. Network analyses were carried out on depression symptoms. Network stability, node centrality and network comparisons between genders were examined. Three networks were reliably stable. Sadness and self-hatred were unanimously identified to be central symptoms of adolescent depression in three net

SUBMITTER: Xie T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9157480 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature