PMID- 32663950
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210215
LR  - 20210215
IS  - 1573-2517 (Electronic)
IS  - 0165-0327 (Linking)
VI  - 274
DP  - 2020 Sep 1
TI  - Depressive Symptoms among Junior High School Students in Southern China: 
      Prevalence, Changes, and Psychosocial Correlates.
PG  - 1191-1200
LID - S0165-0327(19)32779-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.034 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in 
      adolescents. A careful assessment of the prevalence and risk of depressive 
      symptoms, as well as those factors that protect against it, is essential for 
      prevention and intervention programs. METHOD: Using two waves of data from Grade 
      7 to Grade 9 (N = 1,544 students in Wave 1), this study examined the prevalence 
      and changes of depressive symptoms and their related psychosocial correlates 
      (personal and familial factors, including family functioning and positive youth 
      development [PYD] constructs) among junior high school students in Southern 
      China. RESULTS: The results showed that while depressive symptoms generally 
      declined throughout the secondary junior school years, symptoms of major 
      depression remained stable. Concurrently, academic achievement, family 
      functioning, and PYD constructs regarding cognitive behavioral competence (CBC), 
      positive identity (PIT), and general PYD qualities (GPYDQ) negatively predicted 
      depressive symptoms in Wave 1. Longitudinally, being female, having poor academic 
      achievement and family functioning, and having a low PIT in Wave 1 significantly 
      predicted depressive symptoms in Wave 2. LIMITATIONS: This study used the 
      self-reporting approach, did not track a long-term developmental trajectories of 
      adolescent depressive symptoms, and did not cover all potential predictors. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that being female and having poor academic 
      achievement are risk factors, while positive family functioning and PYD 
      constructs protect against the development of adolescent depression.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Chi, Xinli
AU  - Chi X
AD  - School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Postal address: No.3688, Nanhai Rd., 
      Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China, 518060; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and 
      Social Cognitive Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P.R. China; Department 
      of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, P.R. China, 100872; The 
      Laboratory of the Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 
      P.R. China, 100872.
FAU - Liu, Xiaofeng
AU  - Liu X
AD  - School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Postal address: No.3688, Nanhai Rd., 
      Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China, 518060; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and 
      Social Cognitive Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
FAU - Huang, Qiaomin
AU  - Huang Q
AD  - Law School of Shenzhen University, Postal address: No.3688, Nanhai Rd., Shenzhen, 
      Guangdong, P.R. China, 518060.
FAU - Huang, Liuyue
AU  - Huang L
AD  - School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Postal address: No.3688, Nanhai Rd., 
      Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China, 518060; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and 
      Social Cognitive Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
FAU - Zhang, Peichao
AU  - Zhang P
AD  - Research Center of Modern Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University, 
      P.R. China.
FAU - Chen, Xiaochen
AU  - Chen X
AD  - Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, P.R. China, 
      100872; The Laboratory of the Department of Psychology, Renmin University of 
      China, Beijing, P.R. China, 100872. Electronic address: xiaochenchen@ruc.edu.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200523
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Affect Disord
JT  - Journal of affective disorders
JID - 7906073
SB  - IM
EIN - J Affect Disord. 2020 Oct 1;275:187. PMID: 32734906
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - *Depression/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Schools
MH  - *Students
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chinese adolescents
OT  - Depressive symptoms
OT  - Junior high school students
OT  - Positive youth development
OT  - Prevalence
COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that the research was 
      conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could 
      be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/07/16 06:00
MHDA- 2021/02/16 06:00
CRDT- 2020/07/16 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/03/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/05/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/07/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/07/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/02/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0165-0327(19)32779-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.034 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Affect Disord. 2020 Sep 1;274:1191-1200. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.034. Epub 
      2020 May 23.