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。
