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A qualitative, multi‐perspective study on causal beliefs about adolescent depression

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العنوان: A qualitative, multi‐perspective study on causal beliefs about adolescent depression
المؤلفون: Wentholt, Wilma G. M., Janssen, Loes H. C., van Houtum, Lisanne A. E. M., Wever, Mirjam C. M., Tollenaar, Marieke S., Alink, Lenneke R. A., Elzinga, Bernet M.
المساهمون: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
المصدر: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice ; volume 97, issue 3, page 477-497 ; ISSN 1476-0835 2044-8341
بيانات النشر: Wiley
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref)
الوصف: Objectives The current study aimed to examine: (1.1) causal beliefs about adolescent depression in a sample of adolescents with a clinical depression and their mothers and fathers; (1.2) within‐family overlap of causal beliefs; (2.1) mothers' and fathers' reflected causal beliefs about their child's perspective; (2.2) the accuracy of mothers' and fathers' reflected causal beliefs as related to their child's causal beliefs. Design Qualitative study using a within‐family approach. Methods Adolescents with a current clinical depression (MDD/dysthymia; N = 34) and their parents ( N = 34 mothers, N = 26 fathers) were independently interviewed about their causal beliefs about the adolescents' depression. Parents were additionally interviewed about their perception of their child's causal beliefs (i.e., reflected causal beliefs). Results The causal beliefs most frequently mentioned by adolescents, mothers and fathers are: characteristics of the child, social factors, school and various stressful experiences. Parent–child overlap was relatively low, specifically for the themes of bewilderment, cumulative effect and stressful life events, whereas overlap was relatively high for themes of social factors, school and stressful experiences outside of the family. Parents were relatively accurate in their reflected causal beliefs, but tended to underestimate their child's insights into possible causes of their depression. Accuracy of parents' reflected causal beliefs was particularly low for the theme cumulative effect and high for social factors. Conclusions The various causal beliefs of adolescents and their parents could be used in therapeutic setting. Future research could examine whether (guided) conversations may promote alignment within families and treatment efficacy.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1111/papt.12528
الاتاحة: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papt.12528
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.6D854E95
قاعدة البيانات: BASE