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[A comparative study on depression symptoms in Cracow primary school kids in years 1984 and 2001].
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Psychiatria polska [Psychiatr Pol] 2009 Mar-Apr; Vol. 43 (2), pp. 167-74. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Aim: The study aims to find out whether or not the image of depression in children has remained related to the changing social context within a period of fifteen years.<br />Method: For the depression study, version AO "B1" of the Kraków Depression Inventory (KID) was used. The subject group included 10-year-old fourth-form Kraków primary school students selected in 1984 and 2001 by two-stage draw. The analysis included subjects with a screening diagnosis of depression. In 1984, this was a group of 160, and in 2001-200 persons.<br />Results: Statistical analysis showed significant differences between the groups of pupils under study in 1984 and 2001 as far as the scale of mood disorder is concerned (a reduction in the intensity of symptoms in girls and an increase in boys) and somatic symptoms (increase of symptoms in girls and a reduction in the intensity of symptoms in boys). On other scales, no differences of statistical significance were found between the groups. CONCLUSIONS. The changing social conditions have a relatively low effect on the symptomatic depression image in preadolescent children.
- Subjects :
- Child
Female
Health Status
Humans
Life Style
Male
Peer Group
Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data
Poland epidemiology
Psychometrics
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Social Environment
Students psychology
Child Behavior psychology
Depression diagnosis
Depression epidemiology
Students statistics & numerical data
Urban Population statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Polish
- ISSN :
- 0033-2674
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychiatria polska
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19697786