Faculty Articles
An Examination of the Association Between Social Relationships and Depression in Early Adolescence
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
ISSN
0193-3973
Publication Date
10-1985
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between social relationships and depression in early adolescence. Subjects were 216 sixth and seventh graders. Depression was measured by the Children's Depression Inventory; social relationships were measured by three sociometric techniques (positive nominations, negative nominations, peer ratings) and estimates by the subject of the number of nominations and the rating (s)he received. The results indicated that depression was associated with pear and self-estimate negative nominations and ratings more than with peer and self-estimate positive nominations. A stepwise multiple regression predicting depression scores included two of the six predictors and accounted for 14% of the variance. The implications of the results for the assessment and treatment of depression are discussed.
DOI
10.1016/0193-3973(85)90003-6
Volume
6
Issue
4
First Page
291
Last Page
297
NSUWorks Citation
Faust, J.,
Baum, C. G.,
Forehand, R.
(1985). An Examination of the Association Between Social Relationships and Depression in Early Adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 6(4), 291-297.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/638
