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Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents pp 509–523Cite as

Psychosocial Stress and Child and Adolescent Depression

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The development of depressed mood, syndromes, and disorders during childhood and adolescence is the consequence of a complex array of personal and social factors. Evidence has been garnered to support the role of biological, psychological, familial, peer, and broader social influences. Researchers are now faced with the formidable task of integrating the contributions of these factors to the development and maintenance of depressive phenomena in young people. It is likely that the strongest explanation will reflect a broad biopsychosocial model of the etiology and course of depressive experiences (Petersen, Compas, Brooks-Gunn, Stemmler, Ey, & Grant, 1993). Our concern here is with one component of a biopsychosocial model: stressful events and processes.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0134, USA

    Bruce E. Compas

  2. Cook County Medical Center, Chiago, Illinois, 60626, USA

    Kathryn E. Grant

  3. Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, USA

    Sydney Ey

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Compas, B.E., Grant, K.E., Ey, S. (1994). Psychosocial Stress and Child and Adolescent Depression. In: Reynolds, W.M., Johnston, H.F. (eds) Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1510-8_23

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