A developmental psychopathology perspective on adolescence.
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Developmental psychopathology offers an integrative framework for conceptualizing the course of development during adolescence, with particular relevance for understanding continuity and the emergence of psychopathology during this and subsequent developmental periods. In this article, the utility of a developmental psychopathology perspective for informing the design of research, prevention, and intervention is highlighted. Interdisciplinary, organizational models of development, emphasizing the dynamic relations between the developing individual and internal and external contexts, are discussed. Examination of boundaries between abnormal and normal development during adolescence offers important vantage points for articulating diversity in the developmental course during this period. Conceptualizing divergence and convergence in developmental pathways, continuity and discontinuity in development, and the transactions of risk and protective processes leading to maladaptation, psychopathology, and resilience are highlighted.
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Developmental psychopathology theories contend that multiple pathways to the gender difference in depression involve combinations and interactions of risk factors across multiple levels of analysis.
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- Authors
- Cicchetti, D., & Rogosch, F. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-20
- ISSN
- 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2117
- OpenAlex
- W2163390798
- Cited by
- 1,243
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 110 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 78 · 2022: 51 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 64 · 2019: 64 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 92 · 2016: 61 · 2015: 58 · 2014: 61 · 2013: 55 · 2012: 36
- FWCI
- 22.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- developmental psychopathology, adolescence, risk and protective factors, resilience, developmental pathways, prevention and intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Humans
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