Heterogeneity in Youth Depressive Symptom Trajectories: Social Stratification and Implications for Young Adult Physical Health

Objectives: We examine the impact of exposure to the dead, dying, and wounded (DDW) during military service on the later-life depressive symptom trajectories of male United States veterans, using psychological resilience as an internal resource that potentially moderates negative consequences. Methods: The Health and Retirement Study (2006–2014) and linked Veteran Mail Survey were used to estimate latent growth curve models of depressive symptom trajectories, beginning at respondents’ first report of resilience. Results: Veterans with higher levels of resilience do not have increased depressive symptoms in later life, despite previous exposure to DDW. Those with lower levels of resilience and previous exposure to DDW experience poorer mental health in later life. Discussion: Psychological resilience is important for later-life mental health, particularly for veterans who endured potentially traumatic experiences. We discuss the importance acknowledging the role individual resources play in shaping adaptation to adverse life events and implications for mental health service needs.

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The Impact of Academic Achievement and Parental Practices on Depressive Symptom Trajectories Among Chinese Adolescents

Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology ◽

10.1007/s10802-021-00826-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xingna Qin ◽

Tessa Kaufman ◽

Lydia Laninga-Wijnen ◽

Ping Ren ◽

Yunyun Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Depressive Symptom ◽

Autonomy Support ◽

Psychological Control ◽

Chinese Adolescents ◽

Parental Practices ◽

Symptom Trajectories ◽

Symptom Profile ◽

The Impact

AbstractThough depressive symptoms tend to increase in early adolescence, the trajectories of these symptoms may vary strongly. This longitudinal study investigated the extent to which the distinct developmental trajectories of depressive symptoms were predicted by adolescents' academic achievement and perceived parental practices in a sample of Chinese young adolescents (N = 2,576). The results showed four trajectory profiles of depressive symptoms: low-stable (75%), low-increasing (11%), high-stable (9%), and high-decreasing (5%). Adolescents with high academic achievement were more likely to be classified into the low-stable, low-increasing, and high-decreasing profiles than into the high-stable depressive symptom profile. Moreover, students who perceived greater parental autonomy support were more likely to be in the low-stable and low-increasing profiles than the high-stable profile, whereas adolescents perceiving more parental psychological control had higher odds of being in the low-increasing rather than the low-stable profile. Parental educational involvement was unrelated to students' depressive symptom trajectories. In sum, Chinese adolescents with higher academic achievement and who perceived more parental autonomy support, and less psychological control, were at lower risk of experiencing depressive symptoms.

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Depressive symptom trajectories and their gender differences in adolescents from multicultural families in South Korea: an ecological perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development ◽

10.1080/02185385.2021.1921016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Chung Choe ◽

Seunghee Yu

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Depressive Symptom ◽

South Korea ◽

Ecological Perspective ◽

Symptom Trajectories

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Psychological prognosis after newly diagnosed chronic conditions: socio-demographic and clinical correlates

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610216001630 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 281-292 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ching-Ju Chiu ◽

Yu-Ching Hsu ◽

Shuo-Ping Tseng

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Depressive Symptom ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Liver Diseases ◽

Lung Diseases ◽

Heart Diseases ◽

Psychological Burden ◽

Symptom Trajectories ◽

Physical Limitations ◽

Over Time

ABSTRACTBackground:This study was aimed toward discerning depressive symptom trajectories associated with different chronic conditions and toward finding modifiable factors associated with those trajectories.Methods:Data were drawn from the 1996–2007 Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging. Nine chronic conditions were selected, and mood trajectories were measured with the Center of Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale.Results:Among the nine chronic conditions we examined, four patterns of depressive symptom trajectories were identified: (1) elevated depressive symptoms and worsened over time after diagnosed with heart disease (n= 681), arthritis (n= 850), or hypertension (n= 1,207); (2) elevated depressive symptoms without worsening over time after diagnosed with stroke (n= 160), lung diseases (n= 432), gastric conditions (n= 691), or liver diseases (n= 234); (3) no elevated depressive symptoms after diagnosis but an increase in depressive symptoms over time for participants with diabetes (n= 499); and (4) no significant patterns after diagnosed with cancer (n= 57). Cumulative psychological burden over time was significant for participants with hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, or arthritis. However, these effects disappeared after controlling for comorbidities and physical limitations. Moreover, psychiatric condition was found to play an important role in baseline depressive symptoms among participants diagnosed with lung diseases, arthritis, or liver diseases.Conclusions:Findings from this study provide information in addressing psychological burden at different times for different conditions. In addition, minimizing the incidence of comorbidities, physical limitations, or psychiatric conditions may have the prospective effect of avoiding the trend of increased depressive symptoms, especially when adults diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, arthritis, lung diseases, arthritis, or liver diseases.

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