ATTACHMENT PROCESSES AND ADOLESCENT DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS

描述(改编自调查者摘要)：此应用程序描述了一个 寻求探索潜在关联的致病机制的研究 依恋不安全感和青少年抑郁风险之间的关系。初级阶段 建议研究的目的是评估一个中介模型链接 中年人抑郁症状发生的母体表征 青少年。假设负面母体的内化 表征与确保自我价值的不适应策略有关， 这反过来又让青少年对压力事件变得敏感；而这是负面的 母亲的代表破坏了对社会支持的利用。有建议说 高应激反应和未充分利用的结合 支持增加了青少年对抑郁症状的易感性， 尤其是在紧张事件的背景下。对该模型进行了检验 前瞻性地将过渡到高中作为一个正常的青少年 压力源。多种致病机制在糖尿病发病中的作用 青少年抑郁症状的发展使用该模型进行评估， 包括心理社会压力、应激反应、适应不良认知和 应对策略和图示。的相对贡献率 我们将考察两条中介途径(对自我和他人的认知)。 与抑郁症症状学的变化有关。预测性的 抑郁与外在症状的模型的特异性是 也要接受检查。 测试该模型的数据将从以下社区样本中获得 在从初中到高中的165名青少年中。 多源和多方法措施和结构方程建模将 用来评价所提出的模型。这是一份修订后的 申请R03小额补助金给一名新手，经验较少的调查员。

DESCRIPTION(adapted from Investigator's abstract): This application describes a study that seeks to explore pathogenic mechanisms underlying associations between attachment insecurity and risk for adolescent depression. The primary aim of the proposed research is to evaluate a mediational model linking maternal representations to the development of depressive symptoms among middle adolescents. It is hypothesized that internalization of a negative maternal representation is linked to maladaptive strategies for securing self worth, which in turn sensitizes adolescents to stressful events; and that negative maternal representations undermine the use of social support. It is proposed that the combination of heightened stress reactivity and the under-utilization of support increases adolescents' vulnerability to depressive symptoms, particularly in the context of stressful events. This model is examined prospectively using transition to high school as a normative adolescent stressor. The contributions of multiple pathogenic mechanisms to the development of adolescent depressive symptoms are evaluated using this model, including psychosocial stress, stress reactivity, maladaptive cognitions and coping strategies, and schematic representations. The relative contributions of two mediational pathways (cognitions about self and others) would be examined in relation to variation in depressive symptomatology. The predictive specificity of the model for depressive versus externalizing symptoms would also be examined. Data for testing the model would be obtained from following a community sample of 165 adolescents across the transition from middle to high school. Multi-source and multi-method measures and structural equation modeling would be used to evaluate the proposed model. This is a revised submission of an application for an R03 small grant to a newer, less experienced investigator.