Community, demographic, familial, and personal risk factors of childhood depressive symptoms were examined from an ecological
theoretical approach using hierarchical linear modeling. Individual-level data were collected from an ethnically diverse (73%
African-American) community sample of 197 children and their parents; community-level data were obtained from the U.S. Census
regarding rates of community poverty and unemployment in participants’ neighborhoods. Results indicated that high rates of
community poverty and unemployment, children’s depressive attributional style, and low levels of self-perceived competence
predict children’s depressive symptoms, even after accounting for demographic and familial risk factors, such as parental
education and negative parenting behaviors. The effect of negative parenting behaviors on depressive symptoms was partially
mediated by personal variables like children’s self-perceived competence. Recommendations for future research, intervention
and prevention programs are discussed.
Danielle H. DallaireEmail:
Dr. Danielle H. Dallaire
is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at The College of William and Mary. She received her Ph.D. from Temple
University in 2003. Her major research interests include children’s social and emotional development and promoting resiliency
in children and families in high risk environments, particularly children and families dealing with parental incarceration.
Dr. David A. Cole
is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. He received his Ph.D. from
The University of Houston in 1983. His major research interests center around developmental psychopathology in general and
childhood depression in particular.
Dr. Thomas M. Smith
is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University, Peabody College. He received his Ph.D.
in 2000 from The Pennsylvania State University. Professor Smith’s current research agenda focuses on the organization of teaching
quality, exploring relationships between educational policy (national, state, district, and school level), school organization,
teacher commitment, and the quality of classroom instruction.
Dr. Jeffrey A. Ciesla
is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Kent State University. He received his Ph.D. from The State University
of New York at Buffalo in 2004. His major research interests include the effects of ruminative thought and stressful life
events on depressive disorders.
Beth LaGrange,
M.S., is a Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.
Her current research interests include depression and the development of depressive cognitive style in children and adolescents.
Dr. Farrah M. Jacquez
is a Postdoctoral fellow in pediatric psychology at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami.
She received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 2006. Her major research interests include parenting in the context of
poverty and developing community-based interventions for underserved children and families.
Ashley Q. Pineda,
M.S., is a Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University
and is currently completing her internship at the Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. Her major research interests
include examining the reciprocal relations between parenting behaviors, depressive cognitions, and childhood depression.
Alanna E. Truss,
M.S., is a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Her major research
and clinical interests include developmental factors in internalizing disorders in children and adolescents and the effects
of trauma on children and families.
Amy S. Folmer
is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. She received her B.A.
from The University of Texas in 2003. Her major research interests include cognitive developmental factors that influence
the applicability of adult cognitive models of depression to children. 相似文献
This study investigated the relationship between social information processing (SIP) and both relational and overt, physical
aggression in a longitudinally-followed sample of 228 adolescent girls (ages 11–18; 140 with ADHD and 88 comparison girls).
During childhood, girls participated in naturalistic summer camps where peer rejection, overt physical aggression, and relational
aggression were assessed via multiple informants and methods. Approximately 4.5 years later, these girls participated in follow-up
assessments during which they completed a commonly-used vignette procedure to assess SIP; overt and relational aggression
were again assessed through multiple informants. Correlations between (a) overt and relational aggression and (b) maladaptive
SIP were modest in this female adolescent sample. However, relationships between aggression and SIP were stronger for the
comparison girls than for the girls with ADHD. The relevance of SIP models for adolescent girls and clinical implications
of findings are discussed.
Many studies have documented the ways in which shyness can be a barrier to personal well-being and social adjustment throughout
childhood and adolescence; however, less is known regarding shyness in emerging adulthood. Shyness as experienced during emerging
adulthood may continue to be a risk factor for successful development. The purpose of this study was to compare shy emerging
adults with their non-shy peers in (a) internalizing behaviors, (b) externalizing behaviors, and (c) close relationships.
Participants included 813 undergraduate students (500 women, 313 men) from a number of locations across the United States.
Results showed that relatively shy emerging adults, both men and women, had more internalizing problems (e.g., anxious, depressed,
low self-perceptions in multiple domains), engaged in fewer externalizing behaviors (e.g., less frequent drinking), and experienced
poorer relationship quality with parents, best friends, and romantic partners than did their non-shy peers.
Larry J. NelsonEmail:
Larry J. Nelson
is an Associate Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the
University of Maryland, College Park. His major research interests are in social and self development during early childhood
and emerging adulthood.
Laura M. Padilla-Walker
is an Assistant Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. She received her Ph.D. in 2005 from the
University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Her major research interests center on the parent-adolescent relationship as it relates to
adolescents’ moral and prosocial behaviors and internalization of values.
Sarah Badger
received her Ph.D. in 2005 from Brigham Young University. Her major research interests are marriage formation and development
as well as emerging adulthood and marriage readiness.
Carolyn McNamara Barry
is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Loyola College in Maryland. She received her Ph.D. in 2001 from the University
of Maryland, College Park. Her major research interests are in social and self development during adolescence and emerging
adulthood.
Jason S. Carroll
is an Associate Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the
University of Minnesota. His major research interests are in marriage formation and development as well as emerging adulthood
and marriage readiness.
Stephanie D. Madsen
is an Associate Professor of Psychology at McDaniel College. She received her Ph.D. in 2001 from the Institute of Child Development,
University of Minnesota. She is particularly interested in how relationships with significant others impact child and adolescent
development. 相似文献
Suicide is an important public health problem in China: It is the fifth leading cause of death in China, and suicide in China accounts for over 30% of the world's overall suicide deaths. The substantial burden due to suicide has not been well recognized. This study aims to provide an estimate of the socioeconomic burden of the suicide problem in China in terms of years of life lost (YLL) and to discuss its implications. Suicide rates and the related YLL by age, gender, and region (urban/rural) from 1990 to 2000 were estimated using the most recent data from the Ministry of Health of China. The suicide rate in rural China was three times higher than that in urban areas. Suicide completers in rural areas shared 90% of total YLL. Rural women aged 25-39 years contributed the largest share of YLL. Our results show that some population subgroups contributed a disproportionate share to the disease burden of suicide. National strategies for suicide prevention should include targeted programs in catering the need of these specified subgroups in China. 相似文献
In 2005 Indonesian and European institutes joined to start the first step for the implementation of an Ocean Operational System
in the Indonesian archipelago. The system will support the decision making process for the sustainable use of marine resources,
providing useful information and added value products as well as a service for an improved management of the sea with high
business impact to targeted groups as public authorities and commercial operators (coastal managers, fishermen, shipping companies).
In this paper the System is shortly described with its potential benefits and economic and social impacts.
Conventional wisdom argues that national economic perceptions generally have an important impact on the vote choice in democracies. Recently, a revisionist view has arisen, contending that this link, regularly observed in election surveys, is mostly spurious. According to the argument, partisanship distorts economic perception, thereby substantially exaggerating the real vote connection. These causality issues have not been much investigated empirically, despite their critical importance. Utilizing primarily American, and secondarily British and Canadian, election panel surveys, we confront directly questions of the time dynamic and independent variable exogeneity. We find, after all, economics clearly matters for the vote. Indeed, once these causality concerns are properly taken into account, the impact of economic perceptions emerges as larger than previously thought. As well, the actual impact of partisanship is clearly reduced. 相似文献
Local government managers are described as key participants in the development of interlocal cooperation, but the interests of city councils in this process have gone largely unstudied. Here, the author addresses the theoretical importance of council-manager relations in interlocal public service cooperation. Three propositions identify areas of shared council-manager responsibility. Evidence from in-depth interviews with city council members is used to assess each proposition. While interlocal partnership has been described as a managerial activity, council members take an interest in network development and agreement assessment. Managers, on the other hand, give greater attention to public participation and education. The evidence refines assumptions about council-manager roles in the formation of cooperative agreements, with important implications for local government management. 相似文献
Women’s suffrage was a major event in the history of democratization in Western Europe and elsewhere. Public choice theory predicts that the demand for publicly funded social spending is systematically higher where women have and use the right to vote. Using historical data from six Western European countries for the period 1869–1960, we provide evidence that social spending out of GDP increased by 0.6–1.2% in the short-run as a consequence of women’s suffrage, while the long-run effect is three to eight times larger. We also explore a number of other public finance implications of the gender gap. 相似文献
