Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2010 Oct;38(7):883-93. doi: 10.1007/s10802-010-9440-z.
Extensive research has linked youth depression symptoms to low levels of perceived control, using measures that reflect primary control (i.e., influencing objective conditions to make them fit one's wishes). We hypothesized that depressive symptoms are also linked to low levels of secondary control (i.e., influencing the psychological impact of objective conditions by adjusting oneself to fit them). To test the hypothesis, we developed the Secondary Control Scale for Children (SCSC), examined its psychometrics, and used it to assess the secondary control-depression symptomatology association. In a large adolescent sample, the SCSC showed factorial integrity, internal consistency, test-retest stability, convergent and discriminant validity, and accounted for more than 40% of the variance in depression symptoms. Consistent with evidence on risk and gender, depression symptoms were more strongly associated with secondary control in girls and primary control in boys. Assessing secondary control may help us understand youth depression vulnerability in girls and boys.
大量研究表明,青少年抑郁症状与感知控制能力低有关,这些测量方法反映了主要控制(即影响客观条件使其符合自己的意愿)。我们假设抑郁症状也与二级控制(即通过调整自己以适应客观条件来影响其心理影响)水平低有关。为了验证这一假设,我们开发了儿童二级控制量表(SCSC),检验了其心理测量学特性,并使用它来评估二级控制与抑郁症状的关联。在一个大型青少年样本中,SCSC 表现出了因子完整性、内部一致性、重测信度、聚合效度和区分效度,并且可以解释抑郁症状 40%以上的方差。与风险和性别相关的证据一致,抑郁症状与女孩的二级控制和男孩的一级控制的相关性更强。评估二级控制可能有助于我们理解女孩和男孩的青少年抑郁脆弱性。