Effects of Negative Automatic Thoughts on Depression in Adolescence.
- Author:
Eun Hye HA
1
;
Dong Ho SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Child Welfare, Sookmyung University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Negative automatic thought;
Adolescence
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Anxiety;
Cognition;
Depression*;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2005;44(1):89-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of negative automatic thoughts on depression in adolescence. METHODS: The participants were 1037 middle school students (521 boys and 516 girls) and 872 high school students (415 boys and 457 girls). They completed self administered questionnaires; The CES-D and the K-CATS. The ANOVA tests were conducted with gender (2 levels) and grade (5 levels) as independent variables, and Pearson correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis also were conducted. RESULTS: The results showed that both depression and negative automatic thoughts are very high in females with significant age differences; highest in the age of 17, the late adolescence. And depression was significantly predicted by the combination of depression cognition, social anxiety cognition, and physical threat cognition, with 51% estimation. Depression cognition and social anxiety cognition significantly predicted depression in males in 45%. In females, depression cognition, social anxiety cognition, and physical threat cognition predicted depression in 57%. CONCLUSION: Negative thoughts have high impacts on depression, and depression cognition has a significant impact particularly on the depressinon of females. The limitations of the present study and directions for the future research were discussed.
