Self-reported symptoms of depression in late adolescence to early adulthood: a comparison of African-American and Caucasian females.
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.
Franko
Debra L
DL
Department of Counseling & Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Striegel-Moore
Ruth H
RH
Bean
Judy
J
Barton
Bruce A
BA
Biro
Frank
F
Kraemer
Helena C
HC
Schreiber
George B
GB
Crawford
Patricia B
PB
Daniels
Stephen R
SR
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*