scholarly journals The Influence of Peer Relationships on Latina Adolescents' Experiences with Depressive Symptoms

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 250-257
Author(s):  
Allison McCord Stafford ◽  
Gabriela Nagy ◽  
Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda ◽  
Claire Burke Draucker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Latina Adolescents

scholarly journals Getting a Grip on My Depression: How Latina Adolescents Experience, Self-Manage, and Seek Treatment for Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1725-1738
Author(s):  
Allison McCord Stafford ◽  
Matthew C. Aalsma ◽  
Silvia Bigatti ◽  
Ukamaka Oruche ◽  
Claire Burke Draucker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Latina Adolescents ◽  
To Receive

Latina (female) adolescents are more likely to experience depressive symptoms and less likely to receive mental health services than their non-Latina White peers. We aimed to develop a framework that explains how Latina adolescents experience, self-manage, and seek treatment for depressive symptoms. Latina young women ( n = 25, M age = 16.8 years) who experienced depressive symptoms during adolescence were recruited from clinical and community settings and interviewed about experiences with depressive symptoms. The framework was developed using constructivist grounded theory methods. Participants experienced a psychosocial problem that we labeled being overburdened and becoming depressed. They responded to this problem through a five-phase psychosocial process that we labeled Getting a Grip on My Depression. Family members, peer groups, and mainstream authorities were influential in how participants experienced these phases. Future research should further develop this framework in diverse samples of Latino/a youth. Clinicians can use this framework in discussions with Latina adolescents about depressive symptoms.

scholarly journals 4. Getting A Grip On My Depression: A Grounded Theory Explaining How Latina Adolescents Experience, Self-Manage, And Seek Treatment For Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. S2-S3
Author(s):  
Allison McCord Stafford ◽  
Matthew C. Aalsma ◽  
Silvia M. Bigatti ◽  
Ukamaka Marian Oruche ◽  
Claire Burke Draucker
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Latina Adolescents

scholarly journals Peer social preference and depressive symptoms of children in Italy and the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer E. Lansford ◽  
Cristina Capanna ◽  
Kenneth A. Dodge ◽  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
John E. Bates ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Social Preference ◽  
The United States ◽  
Relationship Problems ◽  
American Children ◽  
Italian Children

This study examined the role of low social preference in relation to subsequent depressive symptoms, with particular attention to prior depressive symptoms, prior and concurrent aggression, mutual friendships, and peer victimization. Italian children ( N = 288) were followed from grade 6 through grade 8, and American children ( N = 585) were followed from kindergarten through grade 12. Analyses demonstrate that low social preference contributes to later depressive symptoms. The effects are not accounted for by depressive symptoms or aggression experienced prior to low social preference but are mostly accounted for by the co-occurrence of depressive symptoms with concurrent aggressive behavior; gender, mutual friendships, and peer victimization generally did not moderate these associations. We conclude that peer relationship problems do predict later depressive symptoms, and a possible mechanism through which this effect occurs is through the effect of poor peer relationships on increasing aggressive behavior, which is associated with depressive symptoms.

scholarly journals Sexual orientation, peer relationships, and depressive symptoms: Findings from a sociometric design

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 101086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaïm la Roi ◽  
Tina Kretschmer ◽  
René Veenstra ◽  
Henny Bos ◽  
Luc Goossens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Peer Relationships

Mechanisms and processes of relational and physical victimization, depressive symptoms, and children's relational-interdependent self-construals: Implications for peer relationships and psychopathology

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshito Kawabata ◽  
Wan-Ling Tseng ◽  
Nicki R. Crick
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Relational Victimization ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Physical Victimization ◽  
Child Reports ◽  
Individual Vulnerability ◽  
Interdependent Self ◽  
Peer Nominations

AbstractThis short-term longitudinal study examined the associations between relational and physical victimization and depressive symptoms, and the moderating role of school-aged children's relational-interdependent self-construals in these associations. The participants were 387 children (51.8% boys) who were in the fifth grade (M= 10.48 years,SD= 0.55) in Taiwan and followed at two time points (a 6-month interval) during a calendar year. A multiple-informant approach was used where forms of peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and relational-interdependent self-construals were assessed via peer nominations, teacher reports, and child reports, respectively. All measures had favorable psychometric properties. The results of a multigroup cross-lagged model demonstrated that relational victimization (not physical victimization) was positively predictive of subsequent depressive symptoms, and the effect was evidenced for highly interdependent children only. The opposite link was also significant, such that depressive symptoms predicted subsequent relational victimization (not physical victimization) for children who exhibited low and high levels of relational-interdependent self-construals. In contrast, physical victimization predated a lower level of depressive symptoms for highly interdependent children. These effects were unaffected by the gender of the child. The findings, especially the interactive effects of relational victimization (as a contextual factor) and relational-interdependent self-construals (as an individual vulnerability) on depressive symptoms, are discussed from a developmental psychopathology perspective.

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