48.0 New Developments in the Treatment of Youth Depressive Symptoms and Disorders

Author(s):  
Martha C. Tompson ◽  
Maria Kovacs
Author(s):  
Yang Yue

The current study investigates the effects of teacher support, school connectedness, and school socioeconomic status (SES) on youth depressive symptoms. Data were collected from a sample of 881 students in Grade 6 from 10 primary schools in Northwest China. Hierarchical linear modeling indicated that higher levels of teacher support, school connectedness, and school SES were significantly associated with fewer depressive symptoms. Further, the relationships between school-level SES and youth depressive symptoms varied by the participant’s perceived level of teacher support and perceived level of school connectedness. These findings underscore the importance of positive school experiences on child psychological outcomes. Implications for future research on Chinese youth are discussed.


Author(s):  
Marissa N Baudino ◽  
Megan N Perez ◽  
Caroline M Roberts ◽  
Clayton S Edwards ◽  
Kaitlyn L Gamwell ◽  
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Abstract Objective Examine the indirect association between parents’ experience of stigma (i.e., associative stigma) and youth depressive symptoms through the serial effects of associative stigma on parent and youth illness intrusiveness in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods During routine clinic visits, 150 youth with well-controlled IBD (ages 10–18 years) completed measures of perceived illness intrusiveness and depressive symptoms. Parents completed measures of associative stigma and illness intrusiveness. Pediatric gastroenterologists provided ratings of IBD disease severity. Results Structural equation modeling revealed significant direct associations for associative stigma → parent illness intrusiveness, parent illness intrusiveness → youth illness intrusiveness, and youth illness intrusiveness → youth depressive symptoms. Results also revealed a significant associative stigma → parent illness intrusiveness → youth illness intrusiveness→ youth depressive symptoms serial mediation path, indicating that parents’ experience of associative stigma indirectly influenced youth depressive symptoms through its sequential effects on parent and youth perceived illness intrusiveness. Conclusions Parents who face stigma related to their child’s IBD (i.e., associative stigma) are more likely to experience IBD-induced lifestyle intrusions (i.e., illness intrusiveness), which in turn is associated with youths’ illness intrusiveness and ultimately youth depressive symptoms. These findings provide further evidence for the important role of illness-related stigma in pediatric IBD, particularly the transactional relation between parents’ associative stigma and youths’ illness appraisals and emotional functioning. The clinical implications of our results for addressing adjustment difficulties in youth with IBD are also discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1527-1536
Author(s):  
Elisa Napoleone ◽  
Chris Evans ◽  
Praveetha Patalay ◽  
Julian Edbrooke-Childs ◽  
Miranda Wolpert

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Olino ◽  
Dana L. McMakin ◽  
Terri A. Nicely ◽  
Erika E. Forbes ◽  
Ronald E. Dahl ◽  
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2012 ◽  
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pp. 334-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle L. Wagner ◽  
Gigi Smith ◽  
Pamela Ferguson

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