期刊名称：International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
电子版ISSN：1697-2600
出版年度：2015
卷号：15
期号：3
页码：208-216
DOI：10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.06.001
出版社：Elsevier B.V.
摘要：Abstract Depressive symptoms are prevalent in adolescence, but not all adolescents experience the same level or evolution of symptoms, suggesting the need to identify differences in trajectories of symptoms. We used Growth Mixture Modeling to analyze different trajectories of depressive symptoms in a sample of 1,072 Chilean adolescents (12-15 years old, 54% female). First, a baseline model was selected and then adolescent irritability, maternal warmth, demandingness and disrespect were introduced to the model as predictors of class membership. Four latent class trajectories of depressive symptoms were identified: high persistent (12%), low stable (56%), high decreasing (15%) and low increasing (17%). Low stable was the most prevalent class, and was characterized by higher maternal warmth and lower maternal disrespect and adolescent irritability while high persistent was characterized by the opposite maternal characteristics. Significant gender differences in class membership were observed. The results highlight the importance of identifying different trajectories of depressive symptoms and specific predictors of each trajectory. The association of parenting dimensions with trajectories of persistent depressive symptoms provides evidence that parenting can serve as both a protective and risk factor for adolescent adjustment.
关键词：Depressive symptoms; Adolescence; Trajectories; Growth mixture modeling; Ex post facto study; Síntomas depresivos; adolescencia; trayectorias; clases de crecimiento latentes; estudio ex post facto
