TY  - JOUR
TI  - Relationships between family functioning, parenting
and peer victimization in adolescent depression:
A cross-sectional study
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescence is a prevalent mental health problem with a complex etiology
and a rising incidence. The aim of the study investigated functioning of family, attitudes of parents, and peer victimization in
adolescents with MDD and to compare those with healthy adolescents.
METHODS: The study was designed as a multi-center, cross-sectional, case–control study. 98 adolescents diagnosed with
MDD and 99 healthy controls were recruited for the study. Beck depression inventory, parental attitude research instrument
(PARI) tool, family assessment device (FAD), and multidimensional peer victimization scale (MPVS) were applied to all participants.
Descriptive, correlational, and bivariate group comparisons were used in analyses.
RESULTS: The average ages of adolescents with MDD and control adolescents were 14.7 (S.D.=1.5) and 15.0 (S.D.=1.6)
years, respectively. Females formed 74.5% of youth with MDD (vs. 70.3% of controls). The groups were similar in terms of socio-
demographic features (all p>0.05). Adolescents with MDD had significantly elevated scores in FAD subscales except problem
solving, PARI rejection of homemaking, marital conflict, and authoritarian subscales, and all MPVS subscales. Adolescents with
MDD also displayed significant positive correlations between all MPVS subscales and FAD subscales except FAD problem-solving.
CONCLUSION: This cross-sectional, multi-center study suggests that family dysfunction and peer victimization may be
higher in youth with MDD. Although cross-sectional design precludes evaluation of causality, it may be prudent to evaluate
family functions as well as peer victimization of depressed youth.
AU  - TUFA, Ali Evren
AU  - mutlu, caner
AU  - PEKCANLAR AKAY, AYNUR
AU  - OZTURK, Yusuf
AU  - TUFAN, ALİ EVREN
AU  - Özyurt, Gonca
DO  - 10.14744/nci.2020.36744
PY  - 2021
JO  - İstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
SN  - 2148-4902
SP  - 212
EP  - 221
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/510155
ER  -