Psychological Development and Education ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 84-91.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2021.01.11

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The Heterogeneity and Predictability of Childhood Depression Development: A 2-year Follow-up Study

SU Zhiqiang, MA Zhengyu   

  1. Faculty of Teacher Education, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100
  • Published:2021-01-22

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Abstract: In this study, 771 students in grades 3~4 were investigated by Children Depression Scale in the time of 2 years. Adopting The latent category growth model and The latent growth model with distal outcome measure. This study examined the subgroup types of childhood depression development, and the predictive effects of the developmental characteristics of childhood depression on the status of depression at the end of the observation period. The results indicated that:(1) the development of depression in childhood children presents three different subtypes:High risk group for depression, Low risk group for depression and Depression self-healing group. The proportion of people in each type group was 9.6%,53.4% and 36.8% respectively; (2) The initial level of depression in childhood and its rate of development can significantly predict the depression at the end of the observation period. The early monitoring of childhood depression is of great practical significance.

Key words: depression, subgroups, distal outcome prediction, child

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  • B844
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