Anxiety and depression in adolescents

Exploring A Case Study

Rudolph M Nissen

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English

Nissen Publishing
14 March 2024

Age groups: adolescents; Child & developmental psychology; Abnormal psychology; Coping with anxiety & phobias

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Depression and social anxiety increase in prevalence during adolescence and are

linked to long-term difficulties. The aetiology of increased onset of depression and

social anxiety during adolescence is likely to be complex, encompassing social,

biological and neuropsychological factors. The present study aimed to investigate

some of these factors, in terms of parental attachment, stage of puberty and emotional

lateralization.

One hundred children aged 9 to 14 undertook the chimeric faces test, evaluating their

lateralization for facial emotion processing. Children also completed self-report

measures to assess their levels of depression and social anxiety, stage of puberty and

parental attachment. Data were entered into hierarchical regression analyses, with

either depression or social anxiety as outcome variables. Known predictors were

entered at Block one with emotional lateralization, stage of puberty and parental

attachment entered at Block two. Interactions between laterality, attachment and

puberty were entered into Block three.

The results showed that higher parental attachment trust was linked to higher

depression scores. Furthermore, the interaction between laterality and parental

attachment trust was also shown to be a significant predictor. This revealed that

higher attachment trust scores were predictive only when children had bi-lateral or

left hemisphere lateralization for emotional processing. For social anxiety, both

higher parental attachment trust and parental attachment alienation were linked to

higher social anxiety scores. There was no effect of the interactions for social anxiety.

Additionally there was no unique effect of puberty or lateralization for either

depression or social anxiety.

The results provide insight into the complex aetiology of depression and social

anxiety, suggesting that they are related to similar but subtly different predictors. The

study also revealed that social factors were more important than either biological or

neuropsychological factors, suggesting targets for clinical intervention when working

with young children and adolescents with depression and social anxiety.

Continued by: Rudolph M Nissen
Imprint: Nissen Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9798869251183
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 14 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active