FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS

这是个人研究奖学金的第一次修订 应用程序. 拟议研究的主要目标是 评估家庭功能，父母抑郁， 父母的婚姻冲突与抑郁症，并评估 波多黎各婚姻冲突与行为问题的关系 波多黎各青少年 青少年抑郁症是最常见的 这一人群中表现出的心理障碍。 虽然 抑郁症的调查数量在过去一年有所增加， 几十年来，在这一领域开展研究的必要性是至关重要的， 尤其是西班牙裔人群。 重要的是要确定 与抑郁症相关的特殊特征 西班牙裔，以制定有效的预防干预措施， 治疗这个人群。 考虑到这个家庭 环境是非常重要的西班牙裔，具体的目标， 研究建议是评估：1）家庭关系 青少年的功能和抑郁症; 2） 知觉婚姻冲突与抑郁的关系 心理学; 3）感知的婚姻冲突之间的关系 和行为问题; 4）婚姻关系 父母的满意度和抑郁情绪; 5） 父母抑郁症与抑郁症的关系 青少年生殖学。 此外，在这项研究中，性别，年龄， 将评估居住区差异。 预测值 这些变量对抑郁症的影响将被探讨。 所有这些 将在社区和临床样本中评估关系， 并将两个样本进行比较。 本研究的样本将包括两个社区和临床 子样本。 社区样本将从学生（和 公立中学和公立高中的学生 位于波多黎各中心的一个城市。参与者 由罗塞洛博士指导的青少年抑郁症项目将构成 这次调查的临床样本 这些参与者是 患有抑郁症的青少年， 个人或团体心理治疗作为抑郁症的治疗。 样本选定后，将使用几种仪器 青少年和他们的父母。 这些工具将 给青少年使用的工具有：1）儿童抑郁量表，2） 儿童行为检查表，3）家庭评估措施，4）家庭 情绪卷入和批评量表，以及5）儿童的感知 问卷 将对下列工具进行管理： 父母：1）贝克抑郁量表和2）二元适应量表。 分析从自我报告工具中获得的信息 给青少年及其父母，不同的统计 进行相关分析、多元回归分析 分析，T检验分析，以评估变量之间的差异 和相关性之间）。

This is the first revision of an individual research fellowship application. The principal objectives of the proposed research are to evaluate the relationship among family functioning, parental depression, parental marital conflicts with depression, and to evaluate the relationship between marital conflicts and behavior problems in Puerto Rican adolescents. Adolescent depression is one of the most common psychological disorders manifested in this population. Although the number of investigations in depression have increased in the last decades, the need to carry out studies in this area is essential, specifically in Hispanic populations. It is important to identify the particular characteristics associated to depressive symptomatology in Hispanics in order to develop effective preventive interventions and treatment for this population. Taking into consideration that family environment is very important to Hispanics, the specific aims of the research proposal are to evaluate: 1) the relationship between family functioning and depressive symptomatology in adolescents; 2) the relationship between perceived marital conflicts and depressive symptomatology; 3) the relationship between perceived marital conflicts and behavioral problems; 4) the relationship between marital satisfaction and depressive symptomatology in parents; 5) the relationship between parental depressive symptomatology and depressive symptomatology in adolescents. In addition, in this study gender, age, residential zone differences will be evaluated. The predictive values of these variables on depression will be explored. All of these relationships will be evaluated in a community and in a clinical sample, and also a comparison between the two samples will be carry out. The sample of this research will consist of two community and clinical sub-samples. The community sample will be selected from students (and their parents) of a public intermediate school and a public high school of a city in the center area of Puerto Rico. Participants of the Adolescents Depression Project, directed by Dr. Rossello will constitute the clinical sample of this investigation. These participants are adolescents who present depressive symptomatology and are going to take individual or group psychotherapy as treatment for depression. After the sample is selected, several instruments will be administered to the adolescents and their parents. The instruments that will be administered to adolescents are: 1) Children's Depression Inventory, 2) Child Behavior Checklist, 3) Family Assessment Measure, 4) Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale, and 5) Children's Perception Questionnaire. The following instruments will be administered to the parents: 1) Beck Depression Inventory and 2) Dyadic Adjustment Scale. To analyze the information obtained from the self-report instruments administered to adolescents and their parents, differents statistical analyses will be carry out (correlational analysis, multiple regression analysis, analysis of T-test to evaluate differences between variables and between correlations).