Participants were 628 adolescents (326 girls; 302 boys) who
reported on their depressive symptoms, experiences of stress, and co-rumination with a best friend.
Not exact matches
Although none of the groups
reported on drug side effects, while Guo who tested only breastfed infants
reported on significant decrease in infant crying, and decrease in
depressive symptoms at one month and at two months respectively, Sung who tested both formula fed and breastfed infants
reported on increase crying in the probiotic treated infants (particularly in the formula fed infants) compared to placebo with no effect
on maternal
depressive symptoms.
A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a range of positive effects
on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower
depressive symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to
report feeling stressed a year after participation.
Mothers
reported more
symptoms of psychological distress24, 25 and low self - efficacy.26, 27 And, although mothers
report more
depressive symptoms at the time their infants are experiencing colic, 28,29 research
on maternal depression 3 months after the remittance of infant colic is mixed.30, 31 The distress mothers of colic infants
report may arise out of their difficulties in soothing their infants as well as within their everyday dyadic interactions.32 The few studies to date that have examined the long - term consequences of having a colicky child, however, indicate that there are no negative outcomes for parent behaviour and, importantly, for the parent - child relationship.
Ultimately, the investigators focused
on 42
reports composed of 4,113 patients, who were assessed for
depressive symptoms generally between one and 12 months after ICU discharge.
In a related
report, a case series of three patients treated for
depressive syndromes without active intestinal complaints experienced resolution of
symptoms on a gluten free diet within 2 - 3 months, including one patient who was medicated during pregnancy and was able to stop medication within 2 months of dietary change
This group included 35 892 women with an incomplete depression history (ie, those who did not
report their
depressive status in 1996, 1998, or 2000 or did not return or answer the Mental Health Index [MHI] questionnaire9 - 11 [a 5 - item subscale of the 36 - Item Short - Form Health Survey] in 1992 or 1996), as well as women who
reported taking antidepressants in 1996 (n = 2052) or had a physician - diagnosed episode of depression in 1996 or earlier (n = 3445), those with an unknown start date (n = 131), or those who
reported severe
depressive symptoms (score, ≤ 52)
on the 1992 (n = 2381) or 1996 (n = 2271) MHI questionnaire.
On the HAMD, adolescents who receivedIPT - A compared with those who received TAU
reported significantly greaterdecreases in
depressive symptoms (week 12, 8.7 vs 12.8; P =.04)(Table 2).
On the basis of our literature review and pilot studies, we hypothesised that more BSA patients with cancer would self -
report depressive symptoms than BW patients over time.
We hypothesised that (1) objective measures of availability / access to destinations, greenness and a pedestrian - friendly infrastructure would be negatively associated with
depressive symptoms; (2) environmental stressors such as signs of crime / disorder, pollution, traffic - related variables and presence of stray dogs would be positively associated with
depressive symptoms; (3) older adults living alone would
report more
depressive symptoms than their counterparts; (4) and the negative effects of living alone
on depressive symptoms would be attenuated by better access / availability of destinations and lower levels of environmental stressors.
As expected, when compared with participants living with others, those living alone were more likely to
report (any)
depressive symptoms when living in neighbourhoods with poorer access to civic / institutional destinations, retail, food / eating outlets, public transport stops and health clinics / services, lower levels of crowdedness and fewer people
on the streets (table 4).
Third, the assessment of
depressive symptoms was based
on self -
report.
This is the first
report to compare the effects of four different amounts of exercise
on preventing
depressive symptoms in older adults.
However, studies were excluded if they focused
on young people with chronic illnesses that have been referred to psychological services due to
depressive symptoms, or if sufficient information for computing effect sizes was not
reported.
The current literature
reports that MS patients with ongoing
depressive symptoms perform poorly
on cognitive tasks assessing information processing speed, attention, etc. (Arnett et al., 1999) Cognitive impairment is dominant in depressed MS patients, affecting effortful but not automatic information processing.
In fact, a recent study found that living alone was more highly associated with depression in mid-aged and older adults
reporting low levels of perceived quality of social interactions with neighbours.26 However, to our knowledge, no studies have examined the moderating effect of objectively assessed neighbourhood environment attributes
on the associations between living arrangements (living alone vs living with others) and older adults»
depressive symptoms.
An analysis of the moderating effects of neighbourhood environmental attributes
on the associations between living arrangement and
depressive symptoms revealed that, as expected, those living alone were more likely to
report (any)
depressive symptoms than their counterparts when residing in neighbourhoods with poorer access to destinations (eg, services and retail) and fewer people
on the street.
Mothers
reported depressive symptoms on the CES - D scale (34).
The moderating effects of neighbourhood environmental attributes
on the associations between living arrangements and
depressive symptoms are summarised in table 4, where we
report the ranges of values of the environmental attributes for which the associations between living arrangements and
depressive symptoms were significant at the probability levels of 0.05, 0.01 or 0.001 (as appropriate).
Respondents who
reported four or more
symptoms on the EURO - D 12 - item scale were classified as
reporting depressive symptomatology (Prince et al., 1999).
Figure 1a and b graphically presents the simple slopes for predicting functional limitations and
depressive symptoms, respectively, based
on poor versus good self -
reported vision (plotted at ± 1 SD around the mean) for those with low and high relationship satisfaction (computed at ± 1 SD around the mean).
Middle Class African American Mothers»
Depressive Symptoms Mediate Perceived Discrimination and
Reported Child Externalizing Behaviors McNeil, Harris - McKoy, Brantley, Fincham, & Beach (2014) Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23 (8) View Abstract Presents results of a study that explored the effects of perceived discrimination
on youth outcomes and examined the potential mediating role of maternal depression.
Parents were assessed with the Family Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia.19 Teens were grouped into clinical groups based
on their
depressive symptoms and determination of DSM - III - R20, 21 diagnoses; details
on all interviewed subjects are
reported elsewhere.22 This analysis focuses
on a medium depression group (n = 123 [25.9 %]-RRB-, which was called the subsyndromal group.12 These teens
reported a previous depression episode or subdiagnostic levels of
depressive symptoms that were insufficient to meet full criteria for a DSM - III - R affective diagnosis (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score, ≥ 24).16 Teens who met the criteria for the subsyndromal group and agreed to participate were randomized to receive either the prevention intervention program or usual care.
«When Feeling Other People's Pain Hurts»: The Influence of Psychosocial Resources
on the Association between Self -
Reported Empathy and
Depressive Symptoms
The estimated prevalence rates for
depressive symptoms among Taiwanese elders based
on the suggested cutoff were between 18.9 % and 23.7 %, which are similar to previously
reported rates.
Recognizing the opportunity to use the MIECHV program to help improve new mothers» mental health, many states are building
on promising approaches to address postpartum depression directly through home visiting programs in effective, innovative ways.27 In 2014, 68 percent of state MIECHV - funded programs increased screenings for maternal
depressive symptoms and improved referral rates among pregnant women or women enrolled in home visiting programs.28 Additionally, 70 percent of state programs
reported improvements to parents» emotional well - being by successfully lowering
reported parental stress and reducing rates of
depressive symptoms among participating families.29 For example, Moving Beyond Depression is a program that uses in - home cognitive behavioral therapy to ameliorate, not just screen for, maternal depression.
There were no significant differences between patients in both placebo and fluoxetine groups
on measures of general psychiatric
symptoms, global functioning or self -
reported depressive symptom measurements (Moldenhauer & Melnyk, 1999).
Comorbid
depressive symptomatology: Isolating the effects of chronic medical conditions
on self -
reported depressive symptoms among community - dwelling older adults
These findings are consistent with the
report of Aneshensel, Frerichs, and Huba (1984) that illness has a large, contemporaneous effect, increasing
depressive symptomatology over previous levels, and that
depressive symptoms have a smaller, lagged effect
on health.
A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a range of positive effects
on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower
depressive symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to
report feeling stressed a year after participation.
There was no significant difference in post-treatment HRSD scores between the CBASP and the IPT condition, but a significant difference was seen
on the self - rated BDI scores, with subjects in the CBASP condition
reporting a significantly higher reduction in self - rated
depressive symptoms.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This article examined the effects of Preparing for the Drug Free Years (PDFY)[now called Guiding Good Choices]
on self -
reported adolescent
depressive symptoms 6 years after the PDFY intervention was completed.
Results indicated that adolescents
reported improvement
on a wide range of emotions and behaviors, including anxiety and
depressive symptoms, physical complaints, social relationships, attention and impulsivity, and high risk behaviors.
Consistent with the literature
on youth depression (Marcotte, Fortin, Potvin, & Papillon, 2002),
reports of stress and
depressive symptoms were more common among girls than boys, and alcohol and marijuana use was more common among those who
reported depressive symptoms, relative to those who did not
report depressive symptoms.
The findings
reported here add to the literature
on social skills and depression by integrating principles from attachment theory and the social skills deficit theory of depression to show that a key predictor of low social skills and subsequently
depressive symptoms is the amount of emotional support one perceives from their mother.
«Effects of Mindfulness - based Cognitive Therapy
on Self -
reported Suicidal Ideation: Results from a randomized controlled trial in patients with residual
depressive symptoms.»
Maternal
depressive symptoms were measured at discharge using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES - D; Radloff, 1977), a 20 - item self -
report questionnaire of
depressive symptoms rated
on a 4 - point scale (0 = rarely / none of the time to 3 = all the time).
The fitted model suggests that while measures of neuroticism are contaminated by the effects of short term mental state
on the
reporting of personality, there is still a fairly substantial relationship between trait neuroticism (corrected for the effects of mental state contamination) and
reports of
depressive symptoms.
The BDI - II is a widely used 21 - item self -
report measure of
depressive symptomatology which requires participants to respond to statements describing
symptoms of depression
on a scale from 0 (never) to 3 (always).
The results revealed that (1) for females and males, higher levels of
depressive symptoms correlated with a more
depressive attributional style; (2) females and males who met diagnostic criteria for a current
depressive disorder evidenced more depres - sogenic attributions than psychiatric controls, and never and past depressed adolescents; (3) although no sex differences in terms of attributional patterns for positive events, negative events, or for positive and negative events combined emerged, sex differences were revealed
on a number of dimensional scores; (4) across the Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ) subscale and dimensional scores, the relation between attributions and current self -
reported depressive symptoms was stronger for females than males; and (5) no Sex × Diagnostic Group Status interaction effects emerged for CASQ subscale or dimensional scores.
Brief
report: effect of menarcheal status and family structure
on depressive symptoms and emotional / behavioural problems in young adolescent girls
These findings confirm previous research
on the FEEL - KJ in which relations were found with
depressive symptoms [14,15,26] and parental
reports of externalizing and internalizing problems [14].
Participants were 142 at - risk Hispanic adolescents (54 % male, ages 14 — 19) who
reported on their anxious and
depressive symptoms, as well as their teachers who
reported on adolescents» ADHD
symptoms, ODD
symptoms, academic problems, and social problems.
Mothers also rated their children's problem behaviors while children
reported on their own
depressive symptoms.
Based
on theoretical assumptions, we expected Maladaptive Emotion Regulation to be related positively and Adaptive Emotion Regulation to be related negatively to (a) parental
reports of internalizing and externalizing problems [14,19], (b)
depressive symptoms [14,16 — 18], (c) low self - worth [13], and (d) restrictive eating disorder
symptoms [15].
However, such studies typically use student
reports of both climate and
depressive symptoms; this is problematic because common method variance results when the same individual provides information
on all variables, contributing to overestimations of associations between
depressive symptoms and school climate.
Recent studies, based
on self -
reported assessments of coparenting, have
reported significant links between both parents»
depressive symptoms, negative coparenting, and negative temperament (Solmeyer and Feinberg, 2011) or poor sleep quality in the child (McDaniel and Teti, 2012).
Assessed the quantity (i.e. number of supports) and valence (i.e. positive and negative supports) of supports
on participant
reports of
depressive symptoms and positive / negative affect across a period of 18 months.
In general, two theories dominate the field of research
on the effect of maternal
depressive symptoms on maternal
reports of children's mental health.
Participants included 103 adolescents (59 % female) who
reported on their personality traits in 8th grade and their anxiety and
depressive symptoms in 9th grade.