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Community factors influencing child and adolescent depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry . Oct2015, Vol. 49 Issue 10, p869-886. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objective: Depression has been identified as a priority disorder among children and adolescents. While numerous reviews have examined the individual and family factors that contribute to child and adolescent depressive symptoms, less is known about community-level risk and protective factors. The aim of this study was to complete a systematic review to identify community risk and protective factors for depression in school-aged children (4–18 years). Method: The review adopted the procedures recommended by the Cochrane Non-Randomised Studies Methods Working Group and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A comprehensive literature search was conducted to identify both observational and intervention study designs in both peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed publications. Results: A total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. Seventeen of the 18 community association studies and 2 of the 3 intervention studies reported one or more significant effects. Results indicated that community safety and community minority ethnicity and discrimination act as risk factors for depressive symptoms in school-aged children. Community disadvantage failed to achieve significance in meta-analytic results but findings suggest that the role of disadvantage may be influenced by other factors. Community connectedness was also not directly associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion: There is evidence that a number of potentially modifiable community-level risk and protective factors influence child and adolescent depressive symptoms suggesting the importance of continuing research and intervention efforts at the community-level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PREVENTION of mental depression
*MENTAL depression risk factors
*COMMUNITIES
*DEPRESSION in adolescence
*DEPRESSION in children
*PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
*META-analysis
*PROBABILITY theory
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*SYSTEMATIC reviews
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*CROSS-sectional method
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00048674
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 110353464
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867415603129