TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Undesirable life-events and depression in young adolescents
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Meyer, Pamela A.
A1  - Garrison, Carol Z.
A1  - Jackson, Kirby L.
A1  - Addy, Cheryl L.
A1  - McKeown, Robert E.
A1  - Waller, Jennifer L.
SP  - 47
EP  - 60
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - We compared the relationship between individual undesirable life-events and comprehensive life-event factors, as well as major depression in adolescents. Students in four public suburban middle schools were screened for depressive symptomatology and life-events by a self-administered questionnaire. Seven of 21 individual events (parents' divorce, parental job loss, problems between parents, problems between the adolescent and his/her parents, failing a grade in school, school suspension, death of a close friend) and three of six life-event factors (conflict/disappointment, marital discord, maladjustment) were significantly related to depression in univariate models. A multivariate examination of the individual events was difficult to interpret, but examination of the event factors found maladjustment and conflict/disappointment significant. Analyses using the undesirable life-event factors provided a clearer picture of the relationships investigated by grouping related events into a more manageable number of independent categories. Specific combinations of life-events suggest stronger associations with adolescent depression than others. Clinicians may identify youths at risk for depression when specific combinations of undesirable life-events occur.<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01321300
ID  - ref1
ER  -