School connectedness, peer attachment, and self-esteem as predictors of adolescent depression

Recent literature suggests that school connectedness (SC) may be a key determinant of adolescent mental health. Specifically, SC has been found to have a negative relationship with adolescent depression. In the current, cross sectional study, we examine whether the relationship between SC and sympto...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 1061 - 1067
Main Authors: Millings, Abigail, Buck, Rhiannon, Montgomery, Alan, Spears, Melissa, Stallard, Paul
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2012
Elsevier
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent depression
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Affect
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Attachment style
Biological and medical sciences
Child & adolescent mental health
Connectedness
Correlation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Depression (Psychology)
Depression - etiology
Developmental psychology
Educational Environment
Emotional Response
Emotions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Intervention
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental Health
Mood disorders
Object Attachment
Pediatrics
Peer Acceptance
Peer Group
Peer Relations
Peer Relationship
Peer relationships
Peers
Predictor Variables
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
School connectedness
Schools
Self Concept
Self Esteem
Social Adjustment
Student Attitudes
Student Participation
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
SC
SE
Attachment
Self-esteem
School connectedness
Adolescent depression
Human
Mood disorder
Affect affectivity
Depression
School environment
Affective attachment
Adolescent
Self esteem
Predictive factor
ISSN:0140-1971, 1095-9254, 1095-9254
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Summary:Recent literature suggests that school connectedness (SC) may be a key determinant of adolescent mental health. Specifically, SC has been found to have a negative relationship with adolescent depression. In the current, cross sectional study, we examine whether the relationship between SC and symptoms of low mood is dampened or moderated by self-esteem (SE) and peer attachment style. Participants were 5022 adolescents (aged 11–16) who completed a battery of questionnaires in school, including measures of low mood, SC, SE, and peer attachment style. The relationship between SC and low mood was reduced by the inclusion of SE and peer attachment style. Peer attachment style was the largest predictor of low mood. The relationship between SC and low mood was not moderated by SE or peer attachment style. Interventions for adolescent depression may be most effective by focussing on increasing SE and fostering secure attachments, rather than solely focussing on increasing SC.
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ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.015