Cognitive Vulnerability to Depressive Symptoms in Children: The Protective Role of Self-efficacy Beliefs in a Multi-Wave Longitudinal Study

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作者：
Patrizia Steca
J. R. Z. Abela
D. Monzani
A. Greco
N. A. Hazel
B. L. Hankin
机构：
[1] University of Milano—Bicocca,Department of Psychology
[2] The State University of New Jersey,Department of Psychology, Rutgers
[3] University of Colorado,Department of Psychiatry
[4] University of Denver,Department of Psychology
来源：
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | 2014年 / 42卷
关键词：
Depression; Self-efficacy beliefs; Cognitive styles; Hassles; Childhood;
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The current multi-wave longitudinal study on childhood examined the role that social and academic self-efficacy beliefs and cognitive vulnerabilities play in predicting depressive symptoms in response to elevations in idiographic stressors. Children (N = 554; males: 51.4 %) attending second and third grade completed measures of depressive symptoms, negative cognitive styles, negative life events, and academic and social self-efficacy beliefs at four time-points over 6 months. Results showed that high levels of academic and social self-efficacy beliefs predicted lower levels of depressive symptoms, whereas negative cognitive styles about consequences predicted higher depression. Furthermore, children reporting higher social self-efficacy beliefs showed a smaller elevation in levels of depressive symptoms when reporting an increases in stress than children with lower social self-efficacy beliefs. Findings point to the role of multiple factors in predicting children’s depression in the long term and commend the promotion of self-efficacy beliefs and the modification of cognitive dysfunctional styles as relevant protective factors.
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