J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2017 Jul;28(3):168-173. 10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.3.168.

Familial, Cognitive, and Behavioral Characteristics of Adolescents with Depression

• Lee Y
• Kim BN
• Park MH
• Park S

• KMID: 2389152
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.3.168

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Adolescent depression is a complex disorder influenced by a variety of personal and familial factors. In this study, we compared the familial, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics of adolescents with and without diagnosed depression.
METHODS
Forty adolescents with depressive disorder were recruited from two psychiatric clinics, along with 46 healthy adolescents from a middle school and a high school. We then compared the participants' cognitive and behavioral characteristics and the child-rearing attitudes of their parents.
RESULTS
Compared to the healthy adolescents, the adolescents with depression exhibited lower self-esteem, higher emotional reappraisal, greater disruptive behavior, and lower attention. Furthermore, compared to the mothers of the healthy adolescents, the mothers of those with depression reported less affective, less autonomic, and more rejecting parenting attitudes towards their children.
CONCLUSION
We found that attentional problems, negative parenting attitudes, negative self-cognition, and expressive suppression are all associated with adolescent depression. Parenting education and interventions appear to be needed to correct the negative cognitions of adolescents with depression.

Keyword

Depression; Adolescent; Parenting

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Child
Cognition
Depression*
Depressive Disorder
Education, Nonprofessional
Humans
Mothers
Parenting
Parents
Problem Behavior