Identifying Critical Points of Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms from Childhood to Young Adulthood.

Depression is a common mental illness and research has focused on late childhood and adolescence in an attempt to prevent or reduce later psychopathology and/or social impairments. It is important to establish and study population-averaged trajectories of depressive symptoms across adolescence as th...

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Publicado en:Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 815 - 828
Autores principales: Kwong, Alex S. F., Manley, David, Timpson, Nicholas J., Pearson, Rebecca M., Heron, Jon, Sallis, Hannah, Stergiakouli, Evie, Davis, Oliver S. P., Leckie, George
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Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2019
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          Kwong, Alex S. F.
          Manley, David
          Timpson, Nicholas J.
          Pearson, Rebecca M.
          Heron, Jon
          Sallis, Hannah
          Stergiakouli, Evie
          Davis, Oliver S. P.
          Leckie, George
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          School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, BS8 1SS, Bristol, UK
          Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
          MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
          Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
          Centre for Academic Mental Health at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
          UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
          Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
          School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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        Mental depression
        Child psychology
        Youth psychology
        Mental health
        Diagnosis of mental depression
        Prevention of mental depression
        Affect (Psychology)
        Age distribution
        Emotions
        Longitudinal method
        Questionnaires
        Disease progression
        Statistical models
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          Mental depression
          Child psychology
          Youth psychology
          Mental health
          Diagnosis of mental depression
          Prevention of mental depression
          Affect (Psychology)
          Age distribution
          Emotions
          United Kingdom
          Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
          Longitudinal method
          Questionnaires
          Disease progression
          Statistical models
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        ALSPAC
        Critical points
        Depressive symptoms
        Multilevel growth-curve modelling
        Trajectories
        ALSPAC
        Critical points
        Depressive symptoms
        Multilevel growth-curve modelling
        Trajectories
      ab: Depression is a common mental illness and research has focused on late childhood and adolescence in an attempt to prevent or reduce later psychopathology and/or social impairments. It is important to establish and study population-averaged trajectories of depressive symptoms across adolescence as this could characterise specific changes in populations and help identify critical points to intervene with treatment. Multilevel growth-curve models were used to explore adolescent trajectories of depressive symptoms in 9301 individuals (57% female) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a UK based pregnancy cohort. Trajectories of depressive symptoms were constructed for males and females using the short mood and feelings questionnaire over 8 occasions, between 10 and 22 years old. Critical points of development such as age of peak velocity for depressive symptoms (the age at which depressive symptoms increase most rapidly) and the age of maximum depressive symptoms were also derived. The results suggested that from similar initial levels of depressive symptoms at age 11, females on average experienced steeper increases in depressive symptoms than males over their teenage and adolescent years until around the age of 20 when levels of depressive symptoms plateaued and started to decrease for both sexes. Females on average also had an earlier age of peak velocity of depressive symptoms that occurred at 13.5 years, compared to males who on average had an age of peak velocity at 16 years old. Evidence was less clear for a difference between the ages of maximum depressive symptoms which were on average 19.6 years for females and 20.4 for males. Identifying critical periods for different population subgroups may provide useful knowledge for treating and preventing depression and could be tailored to be time specific for certain groups. Possible explanations and recommendations are discussed.
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