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Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents pp 97–121Cite as

Cognitive and Behavioral Correlates of Childhood Depression

A Developmental Perspective

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Cognitive—behavioral models have received widespread attention pertaining to the etiology, symptom display, and treatment of depressed children and adolescents. This chapter addresses the myriad cognitive—behavioral perspectives relevant to depression in youth. This work is integrated with principles from developmental psychology. A developmental perspective for conceptualizing the cognitive and behavioral functioning of children necessitates understanding children as organisms who are different from adults rather than deficient relative to adults, and viewing children’s behavior in the context in which it is embedded. The incorporation of notions from developmental psychology within a cognitive—behavioral framework enhances our understanding of the development of competencies and deficits as manifested in depressed youth of different ages.

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Kaslow, N.J., Brown, R.T., Mee, L.L. (1994). Cognitive and Behavioral Correlates of Childhood 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_6

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