Early adolescent depressive mood: Direct and indirect effects of attributional styles and coping

Siu Mui CHAN

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Abstract

The present study used a cross-sectional survey design to examine how adolescent depressive mood was related to attributional styles and coping strategies with a sample of 326 youths (aged 8–14 years). With the cutting point adopted in the West, 20.9% of the current sample reported depressive symptoms. Regression analysis results show that, with the asymptomatic group, seeking social support strategy mediated the effects of positive-global and positive-stable attribution, and internalization strategy mediated the effects of negative-global attribution on depression mood. In the dysphoric adolescents, attributing positive events to global factors and seeking social support strategy predicted depressive mood in the negative direction whereas attributing negative events to global factors, problem solving strategy and internalization strategy, the positive direction. The current study confirmed that both attributional styles and coping strategies were significant predictors of depressive mood but different dimensions of attribution related to depressive symptoms in different magnitude. Copyright © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)455-470
JournalChild psychiatry & human development
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2012

Citation

Chan, S. M. (2012). Early adolescent depressive mood: Direct and indirect effects of attributional styles and coping. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 43(3), 455-470.

Keywords

  • Coping strategies
  • Attributional styles
  • Chinese adolescents
  • Dysphoria
  • Depressive mood

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