Cognitive vulnerability to depressive symptoms in children: the protective role of self-efficacy beliefs in a multi-wave longitudinal study.

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Cognitive vulnerability to depressive symptoms in children: the protective role of self-efficacy beliefs in a multi-wave longitudinal study.

Andrea Greco Patrizia Steca Dario Monzani Benjamin L. Hankin John R. Z. Abela N. A. Hazel

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Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale Male Longitudinal study Poison control Dysfunctional family Self-efficacy beliefs Depression; Self-efficacy beliefs; Cognitive styles; Hassles; Childhood;Article Developmental psychology Life Change Events Cognition Predictive Value of Tests Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations Longitudinal Studies Child Cognitive styles Self-efficacy Cognitive vulnerability Analysis of Variance Depressive Disorder Depression Human factors and ergonomics Cognition Childhood Self Efficacy Psychiatry and Mental health Italy Educational Status Female Hassles Depression Self-efficacy beliefs Cognitive styles Hassles Childhood Psychology Stress Psychological Cognitive style Clinical psychology

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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. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2014-01-01	Journal of abnormal child psychology

10.1007/s10802-013-9765-5 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23740171