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Life Stress and the Accuracy of Cognitive Appraisals in Depressed Youth

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Krackow, Elisa, Rudolph, Karen D.·2008·Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

Abstract

This study investigated the accuracy of depressed youths' appraisals of naturally occurring life events. Participants (49% girls; M age = 12.44 years) with clinical diagnoses of depression (n = 24), subsyndromal symptoms of depression (n = 29), and no symptoms of psychopathology (n = 36) completed semi-structured interviews of life stress. As predicted, depressed youth experienced more independent and self-generated interpersonal stress than did nonsymptomatic youth. Consistent with a cognitive bias, clinically depressed youth overestimated the stressfulness of events and overestimated their contribution to events relative to nonsymptomatic youth. Youth with subsyndromal symptoms demonstrated similar, although typically less severe, impairment than those with clinical depression. Results contribute to cognitive-interpersonal models of depression by illustrating the need to consider both realistic interpersonal difficulties and biased appraisals of experiences.

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Authors
Krackow, E., & Rudolph, K. D.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Corresponding author
Rudolph, Karen D.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Published
2008-04-16
Volume
37
Issue
2
Pages
376-385
ISSN
  • 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-4424
OpenAlex
W2031757842
Cited by
80
References
82
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FWCI
7.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH 59711, R01MH059711)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords
life events, cognitive appraisal, depression, youth, subthreshold depression, cognitive biases, interpersonal stress
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Attitude, Child, Culture, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interview, Psychological, Life Change Events, Male, Personality Inventory, Self Concept

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