Early Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms among Korean Adolescents: A 6-to-8 Year Follow-up Study
Journal of Korean Medical Science
; : 1667-1671, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-148459
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ABSTRACT
Depression during adolescence is critical to the individual's own development. Hence, identifying individuals with high-risk depression at an early stage is necessary. This study aimed to identify childhood emotional and behavioral risk factors related to depressive symptoms in Korean adolescents through a longitudinal study. The first survey took place from 1998 to 2000, and a follow-up assessment conducted in 2006, as the original participants reached 13-15 yr of age. The first assessment used the Korean version of Child Behavior Checklist and a general questionnaire on family structure, parental education, and economic status to evaluate the participants. The follow-up assessment administered the Korean Children's Depression Inventory. Multiple regression analysis revealed that childhood attention problems predicted depressive symptoms during adolescence for both boys and girls. For boys, family structure also predicted adolescent depressive symptoms. This study suggests that adolescents with attention problems during childhood are more likely to experience depressive symptoms.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
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Family
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Sex Factors
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Risk Factors
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Longitudinal Studies
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Depression
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Depressive Disorder
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Republic of Korea
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article