Durdurak, B.B. orcid.org/0000-0001-9257-1457, Williams, B., Zhigalov, A. et al. (5 more authors) (2024) Factors associated with chronic depressive symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood: a UK birth cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33. e32. ISSN 2045-7960
Abstract
Aims Identifying children and/or adolescents who are at highest risk for developing chronic depression is of utmost importance, so that we can develop more effective and targeted interventions to attenuate the risk trajectory of depression. To address this, the objective of this study was to identify young people with persistent depressive symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood and examine the prospective associations between factors and persistent depressive symptoms in young people.
Methods We used data from 6711 participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Depressive symptoms were assessed at 12.5, 13.5, 16, 17.5, 21 and 22 years with the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire, and we further examined the influence of multiple biological, psychological and social factors in explaining chronic depressive symptoms.
Results Using latent class growth analysis, we identified four trajectories of depressive symptoms: persistent high, persistent low, persistent moderate and increasing high. After applying several logistic regression models, we found that loneliness and feeling less connected at school were the most relevant factors for chronic course of depressive symptoms.
Conclusions Our findings contribute with the identification of those children who are at highest risk for developing chronic depressive symptoms.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2024. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | ALSPAC, depressive symptoms, factors, trajectories, young people |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Centre for Health Services Research (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2024 14:41 |
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 15:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/s2045796024000350 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214335 |