FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS

这是个人研究奖学金的第一次修订。 申请。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，并评估 波多黎各人婚姻冲突与行为问题的关系 里根青少年。青春期抑郁症是最常见的 在这一人群中表现出心理障碍。尽管 在过去的几年中，抑郁症的研究数量有所增加 几十年来，在这一领域开展研究的必要性是至关重要的， 尤其是在西班牙裔人口中。重要的是要确定 与抑郁症症状相关的特殊特征 为了制定有效的预防干预措施和 对这一人群的治疗。考虑到那个家庭 环境对拉美裔美国人来说非常重要， 研究建议评价：1)家庭与家庭的关系 青少年的功能和抑郁症状学；2) 知觉婚姻冲突与抑郁的关系 症状学；3)知觉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症状；5 父母抑郁症状与抑郁的关系 青少年的症状学。此外，在这项研究中，性别、年龄、 将对居民区差异进行评估。预测值 在这些变量中，关于抑郁症的研究将会被探究。所有这些都是 关系将在社区和临床样本中进行评估， 并对两个样品进行了比较。 这项研究样本将包括两个社区和临床 子样本。社区样本将从学生(和 他们的父母)一所公立中学和一所公立高中 位于波多黎各市中心的一座城市。参赛者： 由罗塞洛博士指导的青少年抑郁项目将构成 这项调查的临床样本。这些参与者是 青少年出现抑郁症状，并将采取 个体或集体心理疗法作为治疗抑郁症的方法。 在选择样品后，将使用几种仪器 给青少年和他们的父母。这些乐器将会是 适用于青少年的问卷有：1)儿童抑郁量表，2) 儿童行为检查表，3)家庭评估量表，4)家庭 情绪投入和批判量表；5)儿童知觉 问卷调查。下列文书将适用于 父母：1)贝克抑郁量表和2)二元调整量表。 分析从自我报告工具中获得的信息 对青少年及其父母的管理，不同的统计数据 将进行分析(相关分析、多元回归 变量间差异的T检验分析、分析 以及相关性之间)。

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).