Heterogeneity in Adolescent Depressive Symptom Trajectories: Implications for Young Adults' Risky Lifestyle

Abstract Objectives The first objective of this study was to empirically identify adolescent depressive symptoms trajectory among classes. The second objective was to investigate the implications of adolescent depressive symptom trajectories for their lifestyle factors in young adulthood. Methods Da...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent health 2010-10, Vol.47 (4), p.407-413
Main Authors: Wickrama, Thulitha, Ph.D, Wickrama, K.A.S., Ph.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Depression
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Depression
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - psychology
Female
Heterogeneity
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency - psychology
Life Style
Lifestyle
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marital Status
Medical sciences
Mood disorders
Pediatrics
Prognosis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk-Taking
Sex Factors
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Young Adult
Young Adult Risky Lifestyle
Young adulthood
Young people
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Summary:Abstract Objectives The first objective of this study was to empirically identify adolescent depressive symptoms trajectory among classes. The second objective was to investigate the implications of adolescent depressive symptom trajectories for their lifestyle factors in young adulthood. Methods Data came from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Addhealth). The analysis included the identification of depressive symptom trajectory groups using Latent Class Analyses. The identified trajectory groups were then compared with regard to risky lifestyle factors in young adulthood. Results Youth in the chronically high, increasing, and decreasing depressive symptoms groups showed significantly higher prevalence rates in most risky lifestyle factors compared with the consistently low trajectory group, after controlling for lagged measures, adolescent delinquency, family characteristics, and race/ethnicity. The risky lifestyle factors included: having multiple sex partners, having been arrested/committed crime, being an excessive drinker, being a smoker, and being unmarried. Conclusions The associations of adolescent depressive symptom trajectory groups with young adult risky lifestyle factors provide evidence for the psychosocial processes through which experiences with depressive symptoms influence young adult lifestyle.
ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.013