The emerging sex difference in adolescent depression: interacting contributions of puberty and peer stress.
The emerging sex difference in adolescent depression: interacting contributions of puberty and peer stress.
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579409000327
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Rudolph, Karen D.
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作者：
Conley, Colleen S.;Rudolph, Karen D.
本研究调查的发展阶段（青春期状态）和上下文（早期或较晚的时间相对于同龄人，和压力与支持的同伴关系的背景下），其中抑郁症的性别差异展开。158名青少年（年龄9.6-14.8岁）和他们的照顾者的样本提供了信息，在两个波，相隔1年，青春期，同伴压力和抑郁症。青春期状态和时间（实际和感知）与性别相互作用，预测抑郁症。抑郁症的性别差异是明显的，在特定水平的青春期状态和时间，实际和感知。抑郁症与女孩更成熟的青春期状态和早期时间（实际和感知）有关，但与男孩不成熟的青春期状态和晚期时间（实际和感知）有关。这些模式同时存在，而且往往随着时间的推移，特别是在紧张的同伴关系的背景下（同伴压力调节青春期和抑郁症之间的性别差异协会）。值得注意的是，在任何特定年龄段，抑郁症都没有显著的性别差异。因此，本研究强调了年龄，青春期状态，青春期的时间，和感知的时间在青少年抑郁症的性别差异的贡献之间的重要区别。更广泛地说，这些发现有助于我们越来越多地了解青少年抑郁症的性别差异所涉及的生理，社会和心理过程之间的相互作用。
This research investigated the developmental stages (pubertal status) and contexts (early or late timing relative to peers, and a context of stressful versus supportive peer relationships) in which the sex difference in depression unfolds. A sample of 158 youth (ages 9.6–14.8) and their caregivers provided information at two waves, 1 year apart, on puberty, peer stress, and depression. Pubertal status and timing (actual and perceived) interacted with sex to predict depression. Sex differences in depression were evident at particular levels of pubertal status and timing, both actual and perceived. Depression was associated with more mature pubertal status and early timing (both actual and perceived) in girls, but with less mature pubertal status and late timing (actual and perceived) in boys. These patterns held concurrently, and often over time, particularly in a context of stressful peer relationships (peer stress moderated sex-differentiated associations between puberty and depression). Of note, there were no significant sex differences in depression at any particular age. Thus, this research highlights important distinctions among the contributions of age, pubertal status, pubertal timing, and perceived timing to the sex difference in adolescent depression. More broadly, these findings contribute to our growing understanding of the interactions among physical, social, and psychological processes involved in the sex difference in adolescent depression.