Vulnerability to childhood depression : race and age differences
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kristen Longmire (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Caroline Clements
Abstract: This study examined race and age differences in children’svulnerability to
depression, negative life events, and negative attributional styles to explain these events..
The relationship between parent-child depression and explanatory styles was also
assessed. There were no significant age or race differences in depression. There were no
significant racial differences in attributional or inferential styles. Younger children
reported more internal and global attributional styles than older children. Younger
children reported the consequences of negative life events as more disastrous than older
children. In younger Caucasians, negative life events were the only predictors of
depression in the equations assessing the role of attributional styles and stress in
predicting depression. In older Caucasians, STAGLO predicted depression. In the
equations assessing the role of inferential styles and stress in predicting depression, there
was a significant consequence-stress interaction in older Caucasians. In older African-
Americans, only stress predicted depression. In younger African-Americans, no
cognitive style predicted depression. When groups were collapsed across race, negative
life events and STAGLO were the only predictors of depression in the equations
assessing attributional style and stress. The interaction terms were not significant. For
equations assessing the role of event consequences and stress, there was a significant
consequence-stress interaction in both age groups. Higher depression scores in parents
were associated with higher child depression, more internal child attributions, and a
greater tendency for the child to view the self as flawed.
Vulnerability to childhood depression : race and age differences
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Beck Depression Inventory, Depression in children
- Subjects
- Depression in children
- Beck Depression Inventory