One reason that depression is more prevalent in adolescence than in childhood may be that

a. feelings of inadequacy stem from large discrepancies between actual and ideal selves.
b. parents do not understand what it is like to be an adolescent.
c. children do not have a sense of self.
d. feelings of loneliness accompany adolescents' abstract self-understanding.


Answer: a

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