Self-Reported Depression and Risk-Taking Behaviors among Hispanic Adolescents

Pesa, Jacqueline; Cowdery, Joan E.; Westerfield, R. Carl; Wang, M.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1997.81.1.235

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“…Comparable results have been obtained in relation to behavior problems. For example, among adolescents, depression has been positively associated with increased delinquency (Leas & Mellor, 2000) and risk-taking behaviors, including physical fights (Pesa, Cowdery, Westerfield, & Wang, 1997) and drug use (Felix-Ortiz, Munoz, & Newcomb, 1994). It has been proposed that youth may act out in violent ways to "cover up" or cope with feelings of depression or distress.…”

Section: Youth Behavior and Community Violence Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence

Lambert

Ialongo

Boyd

et al. 2005

American Journal of Community Psychology

149

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Community violence is recognized a significant public health problem. However, only a paucity of research has examined risk factors for community violence exposure across domains relevant to adolescents or using longitudinal data. This study examined youth aggressive behavior in relation to community violence exposure among a community epidemiologically defined sample of 582 (45% female) urban adolescents. Internalizing behaviors, deviant peer affiliation, and parental monitoring were examined as moderators of the association between aggressive behavior and exposure to community violence. For males with aggressive behavior problems and deviant peer affiliation or low parental monitoring, co-occurring anxiety symptoms protected against subsequent witnessing community violence. In contrast, males with aggressive behavior problems and co-occurring depressive symptoms were at increased risk for witnessing community violence. Implications of the findings for preventive interventions and future research are discussed.KEY WORDS: community violence exposure; deviant peer affiliation; aggression; adolescence.Youth exposure to community violence as witnesses or victims is a significant public health problem with negative consequences for several aspects of youth adjustment. Community violence exposure in youth has been associated with difficulties in emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning including depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, aggression, poor academic functioning and achievement, and health problems (Cooley-Quille,

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Section: Youth Behavior and Community Violence Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence

Lambert

Ialongo

Boyd

et al. 2005

American Journal of Community Psychology

149

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“…La présence d'éléments thymiques chez les adolescents qui s'engagent dans des comportements à risques a été retrouvée dans plusieurs études portant notamment sur la consommation abusive de substances psychoactives, la sexualité compulsive et non protégée avec des partenaires occasionnels, la conduite dangereuse de véhicules, ou encore les conduites agressives [9,10,17,21]. Parmi les différentes tentatives d'explication psychopathologiques, l'hypothèse d'un trouble thymique sous-jacent a été l'une des plus fréquemment évoquées.…”

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Développement cognitivo-émotionnel, régulation des émotions et comportements à risques : une étude exploratoire chez l'adolescent

Bréjard¹,

Bonnet²,

Pédinielli³

2005

Neuropsychiatrie de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence

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“…Although it was reasoned that depression may influence the decision not to drive based on the typical symptomology experienced (lack of energy, loss of interest; Fried & Nesse, 2015), there is little existing evidence to support this. This prediction of the potential relation between depression and driving avoidance was also based on adult literature, however, literature in other domains illustrates that adolescent depressive symptomology is more closely related to risky behaviors, such as risky sexual behavior (Kassel, 2009; Pesa et al, 1997) and smoking (Kosunen et al, 2003).…”

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Longitudinal associations between internalizing symptoms and driving avoidance in newly licensed adolescents

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Background Extensive literature assesses risky adolescent driving, but nothing examines what makes teens avoid driving. Many assume teenagers are eager to drive, but evidence suggests internalizing symptoms lead some to avoid driving. Aims This study tested whether depressive and anxious symptomology predicted longitudinal driving avoidance in novice teen drivers. Materials and Methods N = 56 16‐year‐olds (52% female; 48% Black/African American) completed three observations over 6 months. At Time 1, participants reported depressive (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression 10‐item Scale) and anxious (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7‐item Scale) symptomologies, and driving avoidance (Driving Habits Questionnaire [DHQ]), repeating DHQ at Times 2 and 3. Multiple linear regression tested whether symptomologies predicted avoidance at licensure. Linear mixed models tested associations between symptomologies and avoidance over time. Results High anxiety predicted greater avoidance at baseline and over 6 months. Depressive symptoms did not predict avoidance. Discussion Findings warrant an assessment of anxious adolescents' barriers to driving and avoidance impacts on crash risk.

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Self-Reported Depression and Risk-Taking Behaviors among Hispanic Adolescents

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence

Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence

Développement cognitivo-émotionnel, régulation des émotions et comportements à risques : une étude exploratoire chez l'adolescent

Longitudinal associations between internalizing symptoms and driving avoidance in newly licensed adolescents

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