Adolescent depression: children's depression inventory norms, suicidal ideation, and (weak) gender effects

Surveys of nonreferred students in grades 7 through 12 found that girls endorsed more depressive symptomatology than did boys, but the magnitude of the effect was trivial. Over one-third of the sample reported suicidal ideation. It is suggested that effect-size analyses may advance understanding of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 1994, Vol.29 (116), p.859-864
Hauptverfasser:	Chartier, G.M, Lassen, M.K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age Differences Age Factors Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences boys Death Depression Depression (Psychology) Depression in adolescence Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Depressive Disorder - psychology Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic Emotional Problems Female Females Gender Differences Gender Discrimination girls Grade 10 Grade 7 Humans Indexing in process Junior High Schools Male Males Medical sciences Mental depression Mood disorders Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards Psychological aspects Psychological tests Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychometrics Psychopathology. Psychiatry Reading Assignments Reference Values Secondary Education Secondary School Students Self Concept Sex Sex Differences Sex Factors Sexes Social research Student Attitudes Student Behavior Suicidal ideation Suicide Suicide - psychology Teenagers Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	Surveys of nonreferred students in grades 7 through 12 found that girls endorsed more depressive symptomatology than did boys, but the magnitude of the effect was trivial. Over one-third of the sample reported suicidal ideation. It is suggested that effect-size analyses may advance understanding of normative research on depression. (RJM)
ISSN:	0001-8449