title: The role of explanatory style and negative life events in depression: a cross-sectional study with youth from a North American plains reservation.
abstract: In a cross-sectional study, we examined the role of explanatory styles and negative life events in the depressive experiences of AI youth. Ninetythree AI youth (49% female, ages 11-14 years) completed surveys assessing for explanatory style, negative life events, and depressive symptoms. Path analyses indicated that both the occurrence of negative life events within the past 6 months and a pessimistic explanatory style predicted more depressive symptoms. However, a moderation path model provided a superior fit to the data, indicating that the occurrence of negative life events was more strongly associated with depressive symptoms for those AI youth with a more pessimistic explanatory style. Findings are discussed in terms of potential interventions that can promote the well-being of this understudied and underserved population.
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mileviciute
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Walter D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000208:ethnology*; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000208:ethnology; D010551:Personality