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Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study.

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Hankin, BL; Abramson, LY; Moffitt, TE; Silva, PA; McGee, R; Angell, KE
Published in: Journal of abnormal psychology
February 1998

The authors investigated the emergence of gender differences in clinical depression and the overall development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood among members of a complete birth cohort using a prospective longitudinal approach with structured diagnostic interviews administered 5 times over the course of 10 years. Small gender differences in depression (females greater than males) first began to emerge between the ages of 13 and 15. However, the greatest increase in this gender difference occurred between ages 15 and 18. Depression rates and accompanying gender differences for a university student subsample were no different than for a nonuniversity subsample. There was no gender difference for depression recurrence or for depression symptom severity. The peak increase in both overall rates of depression and new cases of depression occurred between the ages of 15 and 18. Results suggest that middle-to-late adolescence (ages 15-18) may be a critical time for studying vulnerability to depression because of the higher depression rates and the greater risk for depression onset and dramatic increase in gender differences in depression during this period.

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Journal of abnormal psychology

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EISSN

1939-1846

ISSN

0021-843X

Publication Date

February 1998

Volume

107

Issue

1

Start / End Page

128 / 140

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Prospective Studies
  • Personality Development
  • New Zealand
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Depressive Disorder
 

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Hankin, B. L., Abramson, L. Y., Moffitt, T. E., Silva, P. A., McGee, R., & Angell, K. E. (1998). Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107(1), 128–140. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.107.1.128
Hankin, B. L., L. Y. Abramson, T. E. Moffitt, P. A. Silva, R. McGee, and K. E. Angell. “Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study.Journal of Abnormal Psychology 107, no. 1 (February 1998): 128–40. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.107.1.128.
Hankin BL, Abramson LY, Moffitt TE, Silva PA, McGee R, Angell KE. Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study. Journal of abnormal psychology. 1998 Feb;107(1):128–40.
Hankin, B. L., et al. “Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study.Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 107, no. 1, Feb. 1998, pp. 128–40. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0021-843x.107.1.128.
Hankin BL, Abramson LY, Moffitt TE, Silva PA, McGee R, Angell KE. Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study. Journal of abnormal psychology. 1998 Feb;107(1):128–140.

Published In

Journal of abnormal psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-1846

ISSN

0021-843X

Publication Date

February 1998

Volume

107

Issue

1

Start / End Page

128 / 140

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Prospective Studies
  • Personality Development
  • New Zealand
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Depressive Disorder