Perceived relationships with parents among adolescent inpatients with depressive preoccupations and depressed mood.
Hypothesized that two types of "depressogenic" preoccupations (self-critical and interpersonal), measured by the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire for adolescents (DEQ-A; Blatt, Shaffer, Bars, & Quinlan, 1992), would mediate associations between perceived difficulties with parents and adolescent depression. Adolescent inpatients between 11 and 17 years of age (N = 295; 158 girls) in an acute-care psychiatric hospital completed the DEQ-A, a Reynolds (1986, 1989) depression questionnaire, and measures that assess experiences of alienation (vs. dependency) and separation-individuation conflicts in the adolescent-parent relationship. Alienation and counterdependency in relation to parents were associated with self-critical concerns; excessive closeness and dependency with interpersonal concerns; and separation-individuation conflicts with both types of concerns. Self-critical and interpersonal concerns were linked to adolescent depression and accounted for most of the variance initially explained by difficulties with parents.
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Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA.
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Van Egeren
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D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012649:Self Concept