Stress Sensitivity Interacts with Depression History to Predict Depressive Symptoms Among Youth: Prospective Changes Following First Depression Onset

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 489-501

  Technow, Jessica R ^a   Hazel, Nicholas A ^b   Abela, John R Z ^a   Hankin, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923321327     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9922-5     Document Type: Article

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