scholarly journals The Interactive Effects of Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy on Late-Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1223-1237
Author(s):  
Justin Russotti ◽  
Elizabeth D. Handley ◽  
Fred A. Rogosch ◽  
Sheree L. Toth ◽  
Dante Cicchetti
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Adolescent Pregnancy ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

Parenting × Brain Development interactions as predictors of adolescent depressive symptoms and well-being: Differential susceptibility or diathesis-stress?

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Deane ◽  
Nandita Vijayakumar ◽  
Nicholas B. Allen ◽  
Orli Schwartz ◽  
Julian G. Simmons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Brain Development ◽  
Maternal Behavior ◽  
Differential Susceptibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Susceptibility Effects ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Low Levels

AbstractIt is unclear how individual differences in parenting and brain development interact to influence adolescent mental health outcomes. This study examined interactions between structural brain development and observed maternal parenting behavior in the prediction of adolescent depressive symptoms and psychological well-being. Whether findings supported diathesis-stress or differential susceptibility frameworks was tested. Participants completed observed interactions with their mothers during early adolescence (age 13), and the frequency of positive and aggressive maternal behavior were coded. Adolescents also completed structural magnetic resonance imaging scans at three time points: mean ages 13, 17, and 19. Regression models analyzed interactions between maternal behavior and longitudinal brain development in the prediction of late adolescent (age 19) outcomes. Indices designed to distinguish between diathesis-stress and differential susceptibility effects were employed. Results supported differential susceptibility: less thinning of frontal regions was associated with higher well-being in the context of low levels of aggressive maternal behavior, and lower well-being in the context of high levels of aggressive maternal behavior. Findings suggest that reduced frontal cortical thinning during adolescence may underlie increased sensitivity to maternal aggressive behavior for better and worse and highlight the importance of investigating biological vulnerability versus susceptibility.

scholarly journals Parenting, Pesticides and Adolescent Psychological Adjustment: A Brief Report

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 540
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Grzywacz ◽  
Jason B. Belden ◽  
Amy M. Robertson ◽  
Daphne C. Hernandez ◽  
Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Pesticide Exposure ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Bioecological Theory

Pesticides used to control insects, such as pyrethroids, are neurotoxicants, yet adolescent researchers often overlook their potential role in adolescent psychological adjustment. This brief report is guided by bioecological theory and considers the possible independent and interactive effects of environmental pyrethroid pesticide exposure for adolescent depressive symptoms. Self-reported adolescent appraisals of the parent–child relationship and depressive symptoms were obtained from a convenience sample of impoverished, predominantly Latino urban youth (n = 44). Exposure to environmental pyrethroids was obtained from wipe samples using a standardized protocol. Parent–adolescent conflict was higher in households with bifenthrin than those without, and adolescent depressive symptoms were elevated in homes where cypermethrin was detected. In addition, the presence of bifenthrin in the home attenuated the protective effects of parental involvement on adolescent depressive symptoms. The current results suggest that adolescent mental health researchers must consider the synergistic combinations of adolescents’ environments’ physical and social features. Given the endemic presence of pesticides and their neurotoxic function, pesticide exposure may demand specific attention.

scholarly journals Long-term sequelae of subclinical depressive symptoms in early adolescence

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Allen ◽  
Joanna Chango ◽  
David Szwedo ◽  
Megan Schad
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Positive Interactions ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Maternal Relationship

AbstractThe long-term sequelae of adolescent depressive symptoms were examined in a multimethod, multireporter study of a diverse community sample of 179 adolescents followed from age 14 to 24. Mild to moderate levels of early adolescent depressive symptoms were found to predict lower maternal relationship quality, less positive interactions with romantic partners, and greater loneliness in adulthood even after accounting for prior levels of social functioning and for concurrent levels of adult depressive symptoms. Predictions were partially mediated via late adolescent avoidance of social interactions and poor maternal relationship quality. Results are interpreted as suggesting the potential impact of depressive symptoms on adolescent social development and the need to consider treatment for even mild symptoms and their social concomitants.

Developmental trajectories of adolescent depressive symptoms

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Costello ◽  
J. Swendsen ◽  
J. S. Rose ◽  
L. C. Dierker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

scholarly journals Inhibitory control mediates the interaction between serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) and peer victimization on adolescent depressive symptoms

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaonan Lin ◽  
Yanmiao Cao ◽  
Linqin Ji ◽  
Wenxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Serotonin Transporter ◽  
Serotonin Transporter Gene ◽  
Transporter Gene ◽  
Chinese Han ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

AbstractMany efforts have been devoted to investigating the effect of the interaction between the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) and environment (G × E) on depression, but they yield mixed results. The inconsistency has suggested that G × E effects may be more complex than originally conceptualized, and further study is warranted. This study explored the association among 5-HTTLPR, peer victimization and depressive symptoms and the underlying mediating role of inhibitory control in this association. A total of 871 Chinese Han adolescents (Mage = 15.32 years, 50.3% girls) participated and provided saliva samples from which the 5-HTTLPR was genotyped. This study found that 5-HTTLPR interacted with peer victimization in predicting depressive symptoms. Adolescents carrying L allele reported more depressive symptoms than SS carriers when exposed to higher level of peer victimization. Furthermore, adolescents’ inhibitory control deficits mediated the association between 5-HTTLPR × peer victimization and depressive symptoms. These findings suggested that one pathway in which G × E may confer vulnerability to depressive symptoms is through disruptions to adolescents’ inhibitory control system.

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