Stress, health-related behavior and quality of life on depressive symptomatology in a sample of adolescents.
This study examined the correlations of 21 variables categorized into sociodemographic, subjective quality of life, stress, problem behavior, and health behavior predictors of at-risk and low-risk depressive symptomatology for a sample of 1056 adolescents attending public school. Discriminant function analysis showed lower life satisfaction, higher stress, and perceived unattractiveness as major discriminating variables for at-risk (CES-Depression score greater than 23) versus low-risk depressed adolescents. Only two problem behaviors were significant, smoking for girls and hard drug use for boys.
Hawkins
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University of Oregon.
Hawkins
M J
MJ
Seeley
J
J
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*