title: Testing a model of depression among Thai adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This predictive correlational study was designed to test a comprehensive model of depression for Thai adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  This sample included 800 high school students in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Data were collected using self-reported measures of depression, negative automatic thoughts, effective social problem solving, ineffective social problem solving, rumination, parental care, parental overprotection, and negative life events.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Structural equation modeling revealed that negative automatic thoughts, effective and ineffective social problem solving mediated the effects of rumination, negative life events, and parental care and overprotection on adolescent depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings provide new knowledge about identified factors and the mechanisms of their influence on depression among Thai adolescents, which are appropriate for targeting preventive interventions.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand. duangjaivat@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Duangjai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vatanasin
authors.forename: Darawan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thapinta
authors.forename: Elaine Adams
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Petsunee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thungjaroenkul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult