title: Self-reported symptoms of depression in late adolescence to early adulthood: a comparison of African-American and Caucasian females.
abstract: The prevalence of depressive symptoms from adolescence through young adulthood was examined in 1,146 African-American adolescent girls and 1,075 Caucasian adolescent girls who completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression scale. Caucasian girls' scores decreased over time, whereas scores for African-American girls were fairly consistent. Future studies are needed to examine age-specific risk factors in adolescent girls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling & Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franko
authors.forename: Ruth H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Striegel-Moore
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bean
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biro
authors.forename: Helena C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: George B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Patricia B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Daniels
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*