Relations with Parents and with Peers,Temperament, and Trajectories of Depressed Mood During Early Adolescence |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Mara?BrendgenEmail author Brigitte?Wanner Alexandre?J?S?Morin Frank?Vitaro |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à, Montréal, Canada;(2) Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment, University of Montreal, Canada;(3) Department of Psychology, University of Sherbrooke, Canada;(4) Université du Québec à, Montréal, CP 8888, Succ. centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8 |
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Abstract: | The present study examined (a) whether groups of children can be empirically identified with distinct longitudinal profiles
of depressed mood from late childhood through early adolescence, (b) to what extent these different longitudinal depression
profiles are predicted by problematic relations with parents, same-sex peers, and other-sex peers, and (c) what role individuals'
temperamental characteristics play in this context. Based on a sample of 414 early adolescents (197 girls), four groups were
identified with distinct longitudinal profiles of depressed mood between ages 11 and 14: One group with consistently low levels
of depressed mood, another with consistently moderate levels of depressed mood, a third group whose depressed mood increased
sharply from late childhood through early adolescence, and a fourth group who already showed clinical-range levels of depressed
mood during late childhood and whose depressive feelings increased even slightly more thereafter. Subsequent analyses revealed
that rejection by same-sex peers was related to the odds of following an increasing trajectory of depressed mood, but only
for girls with a highly reactive temperament. A problematic relationship with parents increased the odds of an elevated trajectory
of depressed mood regardless of individual temperament. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. |
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Keywords: | trajectories depressed mood early adolescents parent and peer relations temperament |
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