Hayward C, Gotlib I H, Schraedley P K, Litt I F
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305-5542, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 1999 Aug;25(2):143-9. doi: 10.1016/s1054-139x(99)00048-8.
To examine the importance of chronologic age versus pubertal status in predicting adolescent girls' depressive symptoms in different ethnic groups.
A national probability sample was used to obtain a representative cohort of 3216 adolescents, 5th through 8th grades. Subjects completed a questionnaire, which included a modified version of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and an assessment of timing of menarche.
Among Caucasians, post-menarcheal adolescent girls had higher depression scores than did same-aged pre-menarcheal girls. Boys and pre-menarcheal girls had similar depression scores in most age groups. Among African-Americans and Hispanics, there were no menarche-associated differences in depressive symptoms.
In early adolescence pubertal status is a better predictor of depressive symptoms than chronological age in Caucasian, but not African-American or Hispanic girls.
探讨实足年龄与青春期状态在预测不同种族青少年女性抑郁症状方面的重要性。
采用全国概率样本，选取了一个具有代表性的队列，包含3216名五至八年级的青少年。受试者完成了一份问卷，其中包括儿童抑郁量表（CDI）的修订版以及初潮时间评估。
在白人中，初潮后的青少年女性抑郁得分高于同年龄的初潮前女孩。在大多数年龄组中，男孩和初潮前女孩的抑郁得分相似。在非裔美国人和西班牙裔中，抑郁症状不存在与初潮相关的差异。
在青春期早期，青春期状态比实足年龄更能预测白人女孩的抑郁症状，但对非裔美国女孩或西班牙裔女孩则不然。
