Childhood Competence and Depression

Behavioral formulations of adult depression assert that depression results from inadequate reinforcement and excessive punishment attributable to either cognitive or interpersonal skill deficits. Therefore, children with both academic and social skill deficiencies should be more depressed than their...

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Published in:	Journal of abnormal psychology (1965) Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 223 - 227
Main Authors:	Blechman, Elaine A, McEnroe, Michael J, Carella, Elaine T, Audette, David P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01-08-1986
Subjects:	Academic Achievement Applied sciences Aptitude Biological and medical sciences Child Child clinical studies Children & youth Depression (Emotion) Depressive Disorder - psychology Exact sciences and technology Female Happiness Human Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Medical sciences Mental depression Mood disorders Other techniques and industries Peer Group Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Self Concept Social research Social Skills Human Social attitude Academic achievement Correlation Evaluation scale Children's Depression Inventory Kovacs Depression Psychometrics Perceived Competence Scale for Children Competence factor Behavioral analysis Achievement Test Stanford Child Comparative study
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Summary:	Behavioral formulations of adult depression assert that depression results from inadequate reinforcement and excessive punishment attributable to either cognitive or interpersonal skill deficits. Therefore, children with both academic and social skill deficiencies should be more depressed than their more competent peers. Objective measures of academic and social competence classified 169 elementary-school-aged children as competent (above the median on both measures), incompetent (below on both), academically skilled (above only on academic competence), or socially skilled (above only on social competence). Children completed the Perceived Competence Scale for Children, Children's Depression Inventory, and Peer Nomination Inventory of Depression. Information about both academic and social competence best predicted children's depression. Peer-nominated and self-rated depression were highest among incompetent children and lowest among competent children. Peer-nominated happiness was higher among the socially skilled than among the academically skilled. Longitudinal research is needed to support the behavioral causal formulation that incompetence precedes depression.
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ISSN:	0021-843X 2769-7541 1939-1846 2769-755X
DOI:	10.1037/0021-843X.95.3.223