Not exact matches
Adolescents who were depressed who reported
higher baseline
levels of interpersonal difficulties showed a greater and more rapid reduction in
depressive symptoms if treated with IPT - A
compared with treatment as usual.
As hypothesised, the at - risk group had significantly worse functioning at follow - up, with significantly
higher levels of depressive symptoms and rates
of mood and anxiety disorders,
compared to the not - at - risk group.
1) Girls who receive the intervention
compared with a control group
of girls who do not, will show significantly lower
levels of depressive symptoms, body dissatisfaction, unhealthy dietary restraint, bulimic
symptoms, internalisation
of the thin ideal, body comparison, appearance conversations, expectancies
of thinness, and
higher media literacy and self - esteem;
Results also indicate younger grandmothers experienced
higher levels of depressive symptoms at baseline and lower
levels of mental health quality
of life when
compared with older grandmother.
Importantly, not only gender differences in peer relationships, but also the overall tendency
of female adolescents to develop
higher levels of depressive symptoms (for a review, see Hankin and Abramson 2001) may further contribute to make them more susceptible to depression socialization as
compared to male adolescents.
This may cause potential reporter bias, since cognitive theories
of depression suggest that mothers with
higher levels of depressive symptoms seem to perceive various aspects
of their life, including their child's mental health, in a more negative way
compared to mothers with lower
levels of depressive symptoms (Kraemer et al. 2003).