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Spiro, Carolyn N.. Relationship between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms across two adolescent depression prevention programs. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-dw29-3847

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TitleRelationship between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms across two adolescent depression prevention programs
NameSpiro, Carolyn N. (author); Young, Jami (chair); Wilson, Terence (internal member); Rizvi, Shireen (internal member); Gallop, Robert (outside member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2018
Other Date2018-10 (degree)
SubjectPsychology, Depression in adolescence, Preventive mental health services for teenagers
Extent1 online resource (60 pages : illustrations)
DescriptionGiven the prevalence of adolescent depression, its prevention has become an important area of clinical research. While prevention programs such as Interpersonal Psychotherapy – Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST) have demonstrated effectiveness, little research to date has studied the impact of maternal depression on adolescent outcomes in these programs. The current study investigated the relationship between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms across two adolescent depression prevention programs (IPT-AST and group counseling (GC)) in three ways. The study first examined the relationship between initial levels of adolescent and maternal depressive symptoms in this sample. The study then examined whether initial levels of maternal depressive symptoms moderated or predicted adolescent outcomes through the active interventions and across a two-year follow-up period. Lastly, the study investigated whether maternal depressive symptoms improved, and whether maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms changed concurrently across the two-year period. Participants were 167 mother-adolescent dyads who enrolled in a depression prevention study, the Depression Prevention Initiative (DPI). Results indicated that initial levels of maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms were positively associated. Maternal depressive symptoms did not moderate or predict outcomes through the active intervention, though we found a marginal prediction effect through the follow-up period. Lastly, results indicated that maternal depressive symptoms improved across the two-year period, and maternal and adolescent depressive symptom outcomes were related across time: as adolescents improved in our study, their mothers also experienced improvements in depressive symptoms. These findings extend the current understanding of the impact of maternal depressive symptoms on adolescent depressive symptom outcomes, and have important implications for understanding the effects of adolescent depression prevention programs.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Carolyn N. Spiro
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-dw29-3847
Languageeng
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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