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An Examination of the Cognitive, Personality, and Social Components Associated with Gender Differences in Rates of Depression
(2011-12-15)
The current study examined risk factors for the development of depression during childhood and adolescence in boys and girls, including personality, social, and cognitive variables. One hundred and fifty-seven male and ...
Examining Rumination and Neurophysiological Measures of Emotional Reactivity and Regulation in Depressed Adolescents
(Vanderbilt University, 2020-03-25)
The goal of the current study is to investigate the neural mechanisms and time course of emotion and associations with individual differences in rumination in a sample of depressed adolescents. Rumination is the repetitive ...
Regulation of Basal and Ethanol Abstinence-Induced Affective Behaviors by GluN2B-containin NMDA Receptors in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Endocannabinoids
(2016-02-09)
Major depressive disorder (MDD) represents an enormous societal burden that will directly affect nearly one fifth of Americans within their lifetime. Despite its high prevalence and contribution to disability, current ...
Concurrent Validity of Depression Diagnoses Versus Continuous Syndrome Depression Scores
(2006-03-08)
Using a sample of depressed adults taken from the NIMH Treatment for Depression Collaborative Research Program (TDCRP), I examined the concurrent and incremental validity of using depression diagnoses, diagnostic components, ...
The relationship between psychosocial factors, self-care behaviors, and metabolic control in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
(2007-08-10)
Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes have been shown to experience a number of psychosocial and adjustment issues that impact important health outcomes such as morbidity, quality of life, and longevity. This study examined ...
Acoustic analysis of vocal output characteristics for suicidal risk assessment.
(2007-08-20)
The human voice is a source of important information regarding the physical, psychological, and mental health conditions of a speaker. Acoustic properties of speech have previously been reported as possible cues to risk ...
Relations Among Family Context, Depression, and Gender in Offspring of Depressed and Nondepressed Parents
(2008-07-25)
Offspring of depressed parents are at increased risk for depression, compared to children of non-depressed parents (Hammen & Brennan, 2003). In addition, parental depression is associated with disruptions in family context ...
Preventing Depression in Adolescents: A Prospective Trial of Two Universal Prevention Programs
(2006-03-28)
This study evaluated two universal programs for the prevention of depressive symptoms in adolescents. Three hundred eighty students from suburban/rural high schools were randomly assigned to a cognitive behavioral program ...
Early Adverse Events, HPA Activity and Anterior Cingulate Volume in Major Depressive Disorder
(2008-07-31)
Recent findings confirm an association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity, with elevated plasma cortisol concentrations. Prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids ...
Self-Esteem Level, Lability, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood
(2005-11-08)
Although a concurrent relation between self-esteem and depression has been well established, prospective tests of self-esteem as a risk factor for depression have yielded mixed results. Empirical investigations have focused ...