Sentences with phrase «symptoms of adolescent boys»

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Girls will demonstrate higher average levels of depressive symptoms than adolescent boys will during adolescence.

This study tested whether the link between depressive symptoms and physical aggression differed between boys and girls in a large community - based sample of adolescents.

Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: III.

Future studies could test hypotheses based on this model to improve our understanding of the development of adolescents» depressive symptoms in both boys and girls.

Participants were 628 adolescents (326 girls; 302 boys) who reported on their depressive symptoms, experiences of stress, and co-rumination with a best friend.

Higher levels of acceptance were associated with higher self - efficacy, particularly among older adolescents (Fig. 2) and girls (Fig. 3), and with lower depressive symptoms among girls but not among boys (Fig. 3).

Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: A 2 - year follow - up at grade 8

Male adolescents do not report suffering from somatic symptoms as frequently as female adolescents, with the exception of morning fatigue26; however, further research is needed to determine how social and environmental factors influence the frequency and prevalence of this condition and others among boys.

Gender differences in mental health symptoms have been traditionally reported in the general population of adolescents, with the prevalence of internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety) greater in adolescent girls (Birmaher et al., 1996) and the prevalence of externalizing symptoms (i.e., aggression, conduct problems) greater in boys (Dekovic, Buist, & Reitz, 2004; Leadbeater, Kuperminc, Blatt, & Hertzog, 1999).

Participants were 302 Latino / a recent immigrant adolescents (53.3 % boys, M age = 14.51 years at Time 1, SD =.88 years) who completed measures of discrimination, depressive symptoms, and prosocial behaviors at 6 - month intervals.

Dependency, self - criticism, and depressive symptoms were assessed twice over a 1 - year interval in a large sample of early adolescent girls and boys.

Regarding the domain specificity of NCS, 1 results showed a significant four - way interaction between stressors, NCS - achievement, age, and gender (β = −.11, p =.02) in a similar way as with the aggregate NCS: NCS - achievement and depressive symptoms were significantly related in middle to late adolescent boys reporting many stressors (β =.99, p =.001), but not in those reporting few stressors (β =.02, p =.95).

Results showed that although the four - way interaction between NCS, stressors, gender, and age was significant while the four - way interaction with pubertal status was marginally significant, the interpretation of these interactions was largely similar, i.e., NCS and depressive symptoms were significantly related only in the presence of many stressors in middle to late adolescent boys (or in boys reporting a high pubertal status).

Finally, a similar study of somatic symptoms among adolescent boys would be valuable.

NCS related to depressive symptoms at the level of a trend in middle to late adolescent boys reporting many (mean +1 SD) stressors (β =.81, p =.10), whereas this relationship was not significant in middle to late adolescent boys reporting few (mean − 1 SD) stressors (β =.30, p =.37).

The relationship between NCS and depressive symptoms approached level of significance in middle to late adolescent boys, but only in the presence of many stressors, supporting a cognitive vulnerability - stress model in middle to late adolescent boys.

The co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: I. Familial factors and general adjustment at Grade 6

Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: 3.