Targeting Adolescent Depressive Symptoms Via Brief, Web-Based Interventions

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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Cost-Effectiveness of a Web-Based Program for Residual Depressive Symptoms: Mindful Mood Balance

Psychiatric Services ◽

10.1176/appi.ps.202000419 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. appi.ps.2020004

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Boggs ◽

Debra P. Ritzwoller ◽

Arne Beck ◽

Sona Dimidjian ◽

Zindel V. Segal

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Web Based

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Perceived neighborhood social cohesion moderates the relationship between neighborhood structural disadvantage and adolescent depressive symptoms

Health & Place ◽

10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 56 ◽

pp. 88-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Christyl T. Dawson ◽

Wensong Wu ◽

Kristopher P. Fennie ◽

Gladys Ibañez ◽

Miguel Á. Cano ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Social Cohesion ◽

Structural Disadvantage ◽

Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽

Neighborhood Social Cohesion ◽

The Relationship

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La Llorona Calling: The Epidemic of Latina Adolescent Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality

Preventing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Among Latinas - SpringerBriefs in Psychology ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-01381-7_1 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Andrea J. Romero ◽

Lisa M. Edwards ◽

Sheri Bauman ◽

Marissa K. Ritter

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽

La Llorona

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Testing Transactional Processes between Parental Support and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: From a Daily to a Biennial Timescale

10.31234/osf.io/jzr4v ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Savannah Boele ◽

Stefanie Nelemans ◽

Jaap J. A. Denissen ◽

Peter Prinzie ◽

Anne Bülow ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Parental Support ◽

Time Interval ◽

Panel Models ◽

Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽

Random Intercept ◽

Lagged Effects ◽

Family Associations

This multi-sample study tested bidirectional within-family associations between parental sup-port and adolescents’ depressive symptoms on varying measurement intervals: Daily (N = 244, Mage = 13.8, 38% male), two-weekly (N=256, Mage=14.5, 29% male), three-monthly (N=245, Mage=13.9, 38% males), annual (N=1,664, Mage=11.1, 51% male), and biennial (N=502, Mage=13.8, 48% male). Pre-registered random-intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPM) showed negative between- and within-family correlations. Although no within-family lagged effects were found from parental support to depressive symptoms at any time interval, de-pressive symptoms predicted decreased parental support two weeks and three months later. Effects were moderated by adolescents’ sex and neuroticism. Findings mainly supported ado-lescent-driven effects, and illustrate that within-family lagged effects may not generalize across timescales.

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