Citation

Milne LC, Lancaster S. Adolescence 2001; 36(142): 207-223.

Affiliation

Cranbourne Community Health Centre, Southern Health Care Network, Victoria, Australia. lcmilne@netspace.net.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11572301

Abstract

Depression during adolescence has been associated with a number of factors, including failure to individuate (Blos, 1968), insecure attachments (Armsden, McCauley, Greenberg, Burke, & Mitchell, 1990), negative parental representations, and object relations that lack self-other differentiation (Blatt, Wein, Chevron, & Quinlan, 1979). The present study examined factors associated with symptoms of depression in 59 nonclinical female adolescents. Specifically, the relationship between a number of theoretically related measures-separation-individuation, interpersonal concerns, self-critical concerns, attachment style, parental representations-and symptoms of depression was investigated. The model developed was able to explain the interrelationships of the variables involved in the psychological process of adolescence, and their demonstrated ability to predict symptoms of depression in normal female adolescents.

Language: en