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- Title
Informant Discrepancy in Report of Parent-adolescent Conflict as a Predictor of Hopelessness among Depressed Adolescents: A Replication Study.
- Authors
Rognli, Erling W.; Fjermestad, Krister W.
- Abstract
More knowledge is needed about how family factors influence depression features in adolescents. We aimed to replicate a previous small sample study showing that higher discrepancy between adolescents and caregivers in report of conflict predicted more hopelessness in adolescents with major depression. The current sample comprised 417 adolescent and maternal caregiver dyads. The adolescents were aged between 12 and 17 years (55.4% female, 44.6% male). The sample was drawn from the Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). Analyses were conducted using latent difference score modelling, item response theory, and linear regression in a Bayesian framework. Higher adolescent-perceived conflict relative to caregiver-perceived conflict predicted more adolescent hopelessness. This replicated the original findings in a much larger sample. Adolescent gender did not influence the associations. Addressing divergence in adolescent and parent perceptions of conflict may be relevant to ameliorate hopelessness in treatment of adolescents with depression. Highlights: Hopelessness is a key complication in adolescent depression, and identifying factors associated with hopelessness is relevant for improving treatments. Parents and adolescents often perceive the level of conflict between them differently. This study replicated a previous finding that parents reporting less conflict than the adolescent predicts hopelessness among depressed adolescents. Interventions to align parent and adolescent perceptions of the relationship should be further investigated as brief interventions to reduce hopelessness in adolescent depression.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; PARENT attitudes; CAREGIVER attitudes; REPORT writing; CONFLICT (Psychology); CONCEPTUAL structures; DESPAIR; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; REPLICATION (Experimental design); PARENT-child relationships; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 8, p2522
- ISSN
1062-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10826-023-02610-3