The Role of Explanatory Style and Negative Life Events in Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study with Youth from a North American Plains Reservation | Zendy

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The Role of Explanatory Style and Negative Life Events in Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study with Youth from a North American Plains Reservation

Author(s) -

Mileviciute

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american indian and alaska native mental health research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44

H-Index - 24

ISSN - 0893-5394

DOI - 10.5820/aian.2003.2013.42

Subject(s) - pessimism , moderation , psychology , explanatory model , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , cross sectional study , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , population , path analysis (statistics) , demography , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , anxiety , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

In a cross-sectional study, we examined the role of explanatory styles and negative life events in the depressive experiences of AI youth. Ninetythree AI youth (49% female, ages 11-14 years) completed surveys assessing for explanatory style, negative life events, and depressive symptoms. Path analyses indicated that both the occurrence of negative life events within the past 6 months and a pessimistic explanatory style predicted more depressive symptoms. However, a moderation path model provided a superior fit to the data, indicating that the occurrence of negative life events was more strongly associated with depressive symptoms for those AI youth with a more pessimistic explanatory style. Findings are discussed in terms of potential interventions that can promote the well-being of this understudied and underserved population.

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