title: Sex differences in the development of perceived family cohesion and depressive symptoms in Taiwanese adolescents.
abstract: This study investigates the progression of family cohesion perceptions and depressive symptoms during the character development stage in adolescents. Data were used from the Taiwan Youth Project. The final sample comprised 2,690 adolescents with 1,312 girls (48.8%; M age = 13.0 yr., SD = 0.5). Latent curve growth analysis was employed to explore these developments. Seventh-grade girls reported greater family cohesion and more depressive symptoms than boys, and boys reported greater growth in family cohesion than girls. However, progression of depressive symptoms was not associated with the child's sex. Higher perceived family cohesion in Grade 7 correlated with less increase of depressive symptoms from Grades 9 to 11. The long-term positive influence of family cohesion on depressive symptoms is discussed.
authors: University of Macau.
authors: Tat-Ming
authors: TM
authors: Sze
authors: National Academy for Educational Research.
authors: Pei-Jung
authors: PJ
authors: Hsieh
authors: Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Sieh-Hwa
authors: SH
authors: Lin
authors: Takming University of Science and Technology.
authors: I-Jung
authors: IJ
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012938:Social Perception; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology