title: Severity of depression and developmental levels of psychological functioning in 8-16-year-old girls.
abstract: Clinical knowledge of subjective experience is considered essential for formulation of appropriate treatment expectations and goals. This study examined the relationship between self-reported depression and affective and cognitive correlates. Results indicated that girls reporting more depression had significantly earlier developmental levels of object relations and cognition than girls reporting less depression, regardless of chronological ages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, N.J.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D003210:Concept Formation; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D012044:Regression Analysis