Steer R A, Scholl T O, Beck A T
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden 08103-1505.
J Genet Psychol. 1991 Mar;152(1):83-9. doi: 10.1080/00221325.1991.9914680.
Younger (14- to 17-year-old) inner-city adolescent mothers have been reported by Colletta (1983) as being more depressed than older (18- to 19-year-old) inner-city adolescent mothers. To determine whether this finding applies to pregnant adolescents, the revised Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979; Beck & Steer, 1987) was administered to 175 (65.1%) Black, 64 (23.8%) Hispanic, and 30 (11.1%) White inner-city adolescents during their 28th week of pregnancy. The sample was divided into 129 (48.0%) younger (13- to 15-year-old) adolescents and 140 (52.0%) older (16- to 18-year-old) adolescents. The mean profiles of the 21 BDI symptoms were comparable for both age groups, and it was concluded that younger and older pregnant inner-city adolescents describe similar levels of self-reported depression.
科莱塔(1983年)报告称,市区内年龄较小(14至17岁)的青少年母亲比年龄较大(18至19岁)的市区内青少年母亲更抑郁。为了确定这一发现是否适用于怀孕的青少年,在怀孕第28周时,对175名(65.1%)黑人、64名(23.8%)西班牙裔和30名(11.1%)市区内白人青少年进行了修订版贝克抑郁量表(BDI;贝克、拉什、肖和埃默里,1979年;贝克和施蒂尔,1987年)测试。样本分为129名(48.0%)年龄较小(13至15岁)的青少年和140名(52.0%)年龄较大(16至18岁)的青少年。两个年龄组21项BDI症状的平均概况具有可比性,得出的结论是,年龄较小和较大的市区内怀孕青少年自我报告的抑郁水平相似。