Depression and suicidal ideation in early adolescents
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Vol. 11 (5) , 403-407
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01540377
Abstract
This study sought to determine to what extent depression in young adolescents could be predicted by a variety of demographic and personality measures. A sample of 132 adolescents enrolled in junior high school completed a biographical data sheet, short forms of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a Sensation- Seeking Scale (SSS), the Family Environment Scale (FES), a social support index (SSI), and a life stress inventory (LSI). The nondepressed group differed from the depressed group on a variety of variables, and stepwise multiple regression suggested a significant relationship between depression and life stress and an inverse relationship between depression and family cohesion.Keywords
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