Symptoms of depression in adolescence: A comparison of Anglo, African, and Hispanic Americans

Roberts, Robert E.; Sobhan, Mahboob

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“…This suggests that cultural reporting biases or reporting differences cannot serve as a reasonable alternative explanation for our findings. Finally, our findings are consistent with prior work documenting elevated rates of depression among Hispanic females (Roberts and Chen 1995;Roberts and Sobhan 1992;Roberts et al 1997). Moreover, large nationally representative epidemiologic studies have consistently documented higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts serious enough to warrant medical attention among Hispanic females (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000; Eaton et al 2006;Grunbaum et al 2002).…”

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“…Higher rates of depressive symptoms among Hispanic adolescents have been documented in several other studies (Doi et al 2001;Roberts and Chen 1995;Roberts and Sobhan 1992;Roberts et al 1997;Siegel et al 1999). Moreover, large epidemiologic studies have found markedly higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among Hispanic female adolescents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000; Grunbaum et al 2002;Eaton et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Several studies have reported differences in depression between Black and White adolescents with some reporting higher levels of depressive symptomatology among Black adolescents (Franko et al 2005;Garrison et al 1990;Kistner et al 2003), and some reporting higher levels among White adolescents (Doerfler et al 1988). A number of studies have also found higher levels of symptoms among Hispanic adolescents than other racial/ethnic groups (Doi et al 2001;Roberts and Chen 1995;Roberts and Sobhan 1992;Roberts et al 1997;Schraedly et al 1999;Siegel et al 1999). …”

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The prevalence of most adult psychiatric disorders varies across racial/ethnic groups and has important implications for prevention and intervention efforts. Research on racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and disorders in adolescents has been less consistent or generally lacking. The current study examined the prevalence of these symptom groups in a large sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in which the three major racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. (White, Black, and Hispanic/Latino) were well-represented. Hispanic females reported experiencing higher levels of depression, anxiety, and reputational aggression than other groups. Black males reported the highest levels of overtly aggressive behavior and also reported higher levels of physiologic anxiety and disordered eating than males from other racial/ethnic groups. Hispanic females also exhibited higher levels of comorbidity than other racial/ethnic groups. KeywordsRacial/ethnic differences; Adolescence; Anxiety; Depression; Eating pathology; Aggression Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of symptoms of depression (Blazer et al. 1994;Kessler et al. 1994), anxiety (Brown et al. 1990), and eating disorders (Striegel-Moore et al. 2003) have been documented in a number of studies utilizing adult samples. There has been substantially less work examining racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of psychopathology in adolescents. Large epidemiologic studies of adolescent psychopathology have typically not focused on racial/ethnic group differences in symptoms or have not included substantial numbers of ethnic minorities. For example, in the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project (Lewinsohn et al. 1993) over 90% of participants were White. Similarly, in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study the vast majority of participants were White (e.g., McGee et al. 1990). Understanding racial/ethnic differences in psychopathology is important for the identification of at-risk groups and targets for prevention efforts, improvement of mental health services, and as a first step in understanding the mechanisms by which risk factors confer vulnerability to psychopathology differentially on various segments of the population.The research that has been conducted examining race/ethnicity differences in adolescent psychopathology has yielded inconsistent findings about differences in the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and aggression. Some studies document significant group differences (e.g., Roberts and Chen 1995;Austin and Chorpita 2004) while others have reported no differences in symptoms across groups (e.g., Cole et al. 1998).Correspondence to: Katie A. McLaughlin, katie.mclaughlin@yale.edu. Another explanation for disparate findings in studies comparing rates of symptoms in different racial/ethnic groups involves the inclusion of children and adolescents from different age groups (e.g., Kistner et al. 2003;Ollendick et al. 1996). The prevalence of inte...

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“…"Studies of depressive symptoms and disorders also revealed more distress among Hispanic children and adolescents, particularly among Mexican-origin youth" (USDHHS, 2001, p. 135). Based on several investigations (Joiner, Perez, Wagner, Berenson, & Marquina, 2001;Roberts & Chen, 1995;Roberts & Sobhan, 1992), Hill, Bush, and Roosa (2003) described a consensus in the field that "children of Mexican descent have higher levels of depression" compared with Euro-American children (p. 189). Noting the need to move beyond epidemiologic studies, Varela et al (2004) recently commented that "the paucity of research regarding anxiety in Hispanic children, and their mental health in general, is alarming considering the ethnic composition of the U.S. population" (p. 237).…”

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Symptoms of depression in adolescence: A comparison of Anglo, African, and Hispanic Americans

Cited by 236 publications

References 30 publications

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescents

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Immigrant Youth Mental Health, Acculturation, and Adaptation

Family Environment Impact on School Readiness of Children in China - Based on the Survey of Wuchuan Autonomous County, Guizhou

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