TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD IN YOUTH AT RISK FOR DEPRESSION

说明(改编自调查人员摘要)：拟议的研究 在一项独特的研究中，研究了母亲抑郁对年轻人结局的影响 澳大利亚青年社区样本，他们之前曾接受过 15岁的调查人员。年轻人及其家人是高危样本 来自澳大利亚昆士兰的一项出生队列研究。最初的出生队列 澳大利亚调查人员的研究包括对怀孕母亲的采访， 分娩和产后六个月，在儿童5岁和14岁时进行评估 评估健康和儿童发展的社会人口预测因素。这个 目前调查人员对15岁的跟踪调查集中在 母亲抑郁与儿童心理健康及调适。 目前建议是在20岁时对这些青年、他们的 同龄人及其母亲，以解决该领域的一些差距 关于高危青年向成年过渡的问题。建议数 后续行动期标志着具有挑战性的发展转型，而且 预计在此期间，样本中的青年将遇到 压力很大，特别容易患抑郁症 结果。这项研究的两个主要目的是(1)检查诊断 年龄段的高危青少年的结局以及功能障碍 15到20年，以及父亲精神病理的作用，共病， 在这一过程中的保护因素和性别；以及(2)审视人际关系 抑郁症代际传播模型，以及抑郁症代际传播模型 与成年期早期相关的压力-抑郁关系。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the investigator's abstract): The proposed study examines the effect of maternal depression on young adult outcomes in a unique community sample of Australian youth who have previously been studied by the investigators at age 15. The youth and their families are a high-risk sample from a birth cohort study in Queensland, Australia. The original birth cohort study by Australian investigators included interviews of mothers at pregnancy, birth, and six-months post-partum, with evaluations at children's ages 5 and 14 to assess socio-demographic predictors of health and child development. The 15-year-old follow-up by the present investigators focused intensively on maternal depression and child mental health and adjustment. The present proposal is for a follow-up at age 20 with these youth, their peers, and their mothers in order to address a number of gaps in the field concerning the transition to adulthood for high-risk youth. The proposed follow-up period marks the challenging developmental transition, and it is expected that during this period the youth in the sample will encounter significant stress, and will be particularly susceptible to depressive outcomes. The two primary aims of the study are (1) to examine the diagnostic outcomes, as well as functional impairments in high-risk youth from the ages of 15 to 20 years as well as the role of paternal psychopathology, co-morbidity, protective factors and gender in this process; and (2) to examine interpersonal models of intergenerational transmission of depression, and models of the stress-depression relationship as relevant to the period of early adulthood.