title: A longitudinal study of depressive symptomatology in young adolescents.
abstract: As part of a longitudinal study of depression in adolescents, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was administered to 550 students 3 times, at the beginning of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. Blacks and females had higher scores than did whites and males. Scores of blacks and males declined more over the 3 year period than did those of females and whites. The stability of individual students' depression scores was less consistent than the overall distributions with 1 and 2 year correlations reaching only 0.53 and 0.36, respectively. The best predictor of subsequent year CES-D scores was the previous year's score. Undesirable life events and family adaptability were significant but less important predictors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208.
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsteller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Addy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology