Abstract

ROSANDO, Anabela  and  MATOS, Margarida Gaspar de. Environmental conditions associated with depressed mood in adolescence. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.1, pp.215-231. ISSN 1645-0086.

The present work analyse the association of the social and physical environment and the psychopathology, namely depression, in a sample of 254 teenagers, 82 males and 172 females, all them high school students from three schools nearby area of Lisbon, with a average age of 16.9 (SD = 1.48). The data collection included a Demographic Questionnaire, the Children´s Depression Inventory - CDI (Kovacs, 1981) and the Brief Symptom Inventory - BSI (Derogatis, 1982). Results confirmed the hypothesis of an association among gender, school grade, parental SES and the environmental conditions of the housing and neighbourhood. Implications of the results are discussed namely concerning preventing efforts to increase wellbeing and mental health during adolescence.

Keywords : Adolescence; depression; psychopathology symptomatology; influences of the environment; socio-economic status.

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