title: Studying the emergence of depression and depressive symptoms during adolescence.
abstract: The special issue on the emergence and maintenance of depression and depressive symptoms is introduced. The special issue considers two typically separate lines of research, one focusing on severe clinical depression and another on depressive symptoms. The biological, social, and cognitive factors contributing to the emergence of depression in adolescence are highlighted in this special issue.
authors.affiliation: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brooks-Gunn
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Petersen