Coping Mediates the Association Between Gender and Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescence.
Coping Mediates the Association Between Gender and Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescence.
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DOI：
10.1177/0165025415616202
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发表时间：
2017-03
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Ohannessian CM
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作者：
Malooly AM;Flannery KM;Ohannessian CM
以前的研究已经发现了青春期抑郁症状的性别和种族/民族差异的证据;然而，驱动这种关系的机制知之甚少。本研究的目的是探讨性别和抑郁性精神障碍之间的关系，种族/民族和抑郁性精神障碍之间的关系的性格应对的个体差异的作用。在2007年、2008年和2009年春季，对905名15-17岁青少年（平均年龄16.10，SD = 0.67; 54%为女孩，n = 485）进行了调查。女孩比男孩报告更多的抑郁症，并赞同更大的处置以下应对策略相比，男孩：情感的社会支持，工具性社会支持，发泄情绪。当种族/民族进行了检查，非洲裔美国青少年报告了更大的倾向于使用宗教应对比白人和西班牙裔青少年。性格应对偏好也被发现调解性别和抑郁症之间的关系。这些研究结果表明，如果得到女孩的赞同，发泄情绪的偏好可能特别成问题，而工具性社会支持可能对女孩特别有帮助。
Previous studies have found evidence for gender and racial/ethnic differences in depressive symptoms in adolescence; however, the mechanisms driving this relationship are poorly understood. The goal of this study was to examine the role of individual differences in dispositional coping in the relationships between gender and depressive symptomatology, and race/ethnicity and depressive symptomatology. Surveys were administered to 905 15-17 year old adolescents (mean age 16.10, SD = .67; 54% girls, n = 485) in the spring of 2007, 2008, and 2009. Girls reported more depressive symptomatology than boys and endorsed a greater disposition for the following coping strategies in comparison to boys: emotional social support, instrumental social support, and venting emotions. When race/ethnicity was examined, African-American adolescents reported a greater tendency toward using religious coping than Caucasian and Hispanic adolescents. Dispositional coping preferences also were found to mediate the relationships between gender and depressive symptomatology. These findings indicated that a preference for venting emotions may be particularly problematic when endorsed by girls, whereas instrumental social support may be particularly helpful for girls.