Depressive Symptoms and Health-Related Risk-Taking in Adolescence
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| Title: | Depressive Symptoms and Health-Related Risk-Taking in Adolescence |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Testa, C. Rylann, Steinberg, Laurence |
| Source: | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Jun 2010 40(3):298-305. |
| Availability: | Guilford Press. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. Tel: 800-365-7006; Tel: 212-431-9800; Fax: 212-966-6708; e-mail: info@guilford.com; Web site: http://www.guilford.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Correlation, Risk, Health Behavior, Motor Vehicles, Drinking, Contraception, Suicide |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health |
| DOI: | 10.1521/suli.2010.40.3.298 |
| ISSN: | 0363-0234 |
| Abstract: | This study investigated the relation between symptoms and a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviors during adolescence. A survey of 20,745 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health provided data for analysis. Adolescents who reported more depressive symptoms were found to wear seatbelts less often, wear bike-helmets less often, and drive while drunk more frequently. Depressive symptoms did not correlate with reported condom use. The found relations were all mediated by reported levels of hopelessness. Reported levels of anhedonia and suicidality also mediated some of the found relations. Therefore, adolescents experiencing depressive symptoms, especially those reporting hopelessness, should be considered at jeopardy for a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviors. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Accession Number: | EJ892240 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study investigated the relation between symptoms and a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviors during adolescence. A survey of 20,745 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health provided data for analysis. Adolescents who reported more depressive symptoms were found to wear seatbelts less often, wear bike-helmets less often, and drive while drunk more frequently. Depressive symptoms did not correlate with reported condom use. The found relations were all mediated by reported levels of hopelessness. Reported levels of anhedonia and suicidality also mediated some of the found relations. Therefore, adolescents experiencing depressive symptoms, especially those reporting hopelessness, should be considered at jeopardy for a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviors. |
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| ISSN: | 0363-0234 |
| DOI: | 10.1521/suli.2010.40.3.298 |
