Abstract
In the present study, a meta-analysis of 71 independent samples was performed to assess the relationship between life events and adolescent depression. In ddition, the influence of correlated variables is discussed. Analysis using the fixedeffect model showed that life events are positively correlated with adolescent depression (r = 0.319). Gender, cultural background, and type of life event might mediate the relationship between life events and adolescent depression: the relationship between depression and life events was greater in adolescent females than in adolescent males. Compared to adolescents in Western countries, life events more heavily affected depression in adolescents in China. Trivial affairs were more related to adolescent depression than were critical life events. Moreover, the way in which life events were measured did not affect the observed relationship between life events and depression. Thus, the following conclusions were reached: life events are closely related to adolescent depression, and the relationship between the two is affected by gender, cultural background, and type of life event. The measurement of daily events does not affect the relationship between life events and depression in adolescents.
Highlights
The influence of life events on psychological health has been extensively studied
The quantitative analysis of 65 domestic and foreign studies on the relationship between life events and adolescent depression show that there is a significant positive correlation between life events and adolescent depression (r = 0.319, k = 71, N = 37,173). This illustrates that life events are closely related to adolescent depression, which is consistent with the results of many previous studies [5,9,24,73,74,75]
The stress-sensitization model can be applied to explain the correlation between adolescent life events and depression
Summary
The influence of life events on psychological health has been extensively studied. Several such studies show that life events are associated with juvenile depression [1,2,3,4,5]. Negative life events may significantly influence the development of depressive mood, and depressive mood can, in turn, negatively affect one’s life; a vicious cycle may emerge that can damage one’s mental health. Depression normally starts in adolescence and later becomes one of the important causes for mental illness. Assessing the relationship between life events and juvenile depression is of great significance to the development of adolescent mental health interventions
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