A CAUSAL MODEL OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION

被引:80
作者
BRAGE, D
MEREDITH, W
机构
[1] Human Development and the Family University of Nebraska, Omaha
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10.1080/00223980.1994.9712752
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
We examined how family strengths. parent-adolescent communication. self-esteem, loneliness, age, and gender interrelate. and how this interaction influences depression in adolescents. The data were collected on a written questionnaire completed by 156 adolescents who were attending public schools in four communities in the midwestern United States. We developed a causal model to explicate the relationships among the variables hypothesized to affect adolescent depression and analyzed the data using path analysis via the LISREL VII program. Results showed a good fit of the model to the data. Loneliness and self-esteem had a direct effect on adolescent depression. Self-esteem had an indirect effect on depression through loneliness. Age directly and indirectly influenced depression through loneliness. Gender was significantly related to depression through self-esteem. Family strengths indirectly affected depression through self-esteem.
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