Summarize the findings of factors related to the fact that more adolescent girls are diagnosed with depression than adolescent boys
What will be an ideal response?
• Depressive disorders occur at equal rates in boys and girls in childhood; however, more adolescent girls (twice as many) are diagnosed with depression than adolescent boys
• Risk factors include:
o History of sexual abuse which occurs more often in girls
o Differences in how girls view changes related to puberty
o Girls tend to have greater need for approval for approval and success and lower levels of positive thinking
o Cognitive vulnerability-stress: girls have great cognitive vulnerability coupled with greater stressors in adolescence
o Sexual activity and substance use may affect girls in different ways than boys
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