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Article: Correlations between BDI and CES-D in a sample of adolescent mothers.(Beck Depression Inventory; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale)
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- September 22, 1998
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Depression is common among adolescents, affecting between 7% and 33% depending on its definition, assessment, and severity (Petersen, Compas, Brooks-Gunn, Stemmler, Ey, & Grant, 1993). Radloff (1991) found a dramatic increase in depression between the ages of 13 and 15, leveling off at approximately 17-18. Childbirth seems to increase the risk of depression, with Colletta (1983) reporting a rate of 59% for mothers aged 15 to 19.
Early pregnancy is also common. In a study on postpartum depression, age was made a covariate because of the disproportionate number of adolescents in the random sample of depressed mothers (Field, Healy, Goldstein, Perry, Bendell, ...