TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - A closer examination of the temporal relationship between self-competence and depressive symptoms during early adolescence
JO  - Journal of early adolescence
A1  - Ohannessian, Christine McCauley
A1  - Vannucci, Anna
SP  - 1318
EP  - 1335
VL  - 40
IS  - 9
N2  - This study examined the temporal relation between self-competence and depressive symptoms in a large, diverse, U.S. community sample of 1,344 adolescents (51% female; mean age  = 12.73, SD = .69, range = 11-14 years). Surveys were administered to seventh- and eighth-grade students at participating high schools in the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2017. Girls reported higher levels of depressive symptoms and self-competence in behavioral conduct and close friendships than boys, whereas boys reported higher levels of self-competence in athletic, physical appearance, and social domains than girls. Results from autoregressive, cross-lagged path models indicated that depressive symptoms predicted self-competence more consistently than the reverse. There were no gender differences in the associations between self-competence and depressive symptoms. Findings from this study underscore the importance of considering both directions of effect when examining psychosocial factors associated with depressive symptoms during early adolescence.
LA  - en
SN  - 0272-4316
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431619847527
ID  - ref1
ER  -