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Citation

Hill RM, Mellick W, Temple JR, Sharp C. J. Affect. Disord. 2016; 207: 1-8.

Affiliation

University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; University of the Free State, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.007

PMID

27665072

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The present study sought to identify trajectories of depressive symptoms in adolescence and emerging adulthood using a school-based sample of adolescents assessed over a five-year period. The study also examined whether bully and cyberbully victimization and perpetration significantly predicted depressive symptom trajectories.

METHOD: Data from a sample of 1042 high school students were examined. The sample had a mean age of 15.09 years (SD=.79), was 56.0% female, and was racially diverse: 31.4% Hispanic, 29.4% White, and 27.9% African American. Data were examined using growth mixture modeling.

RESULTS: Four depressive symptoms trajectories were identified, including those with a mild trajectory of depressive symptoms, an increasing trajectory of depressive symptoms, an elevated trajectory of depressive symptoms, and a decreasing trajectory of depressive symptoms.

RESULTS indicated that bully victimization and cyberbully victimization differentially predicted depressive symptoms trajectories across adolescence, though bully and cyberbully perpetration did not. LIMITATIONS: Limitations include reliance on self-reports of bully perpetration and a limited consideration of external factors that may impact the course of depression.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings may inform school personnel in identifying students' likely trajectory of depressive symptoms and determining where depression prevention and treatment services may be needed.

Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Language: en

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