Teenage Girls Are Exposed to More Stressors that Increase Depression Risk Adolescence is often a turbulent time, and it is marked by substantially increased rates of depressive symptoms, especially among girls. New research indicates that this gender difference may be the result of girls’ greater exposure to stressful interpersonal events, making them more likely to ruminate, and contributing to their risk of depression. “These findings draw our focus to the important role of stress as a potential causal factor in the development of vulnerabilities to depression, particularly among girls, and could change the way that we target risk for adolescent depression,” says psychology researcher and lead author on the study, Jessica Hamilton of Temple University. sbreview.net/index.php/general/news-updates/1187-teenage-girls-are-exposed-to-more-stressors-that-increase-depression-risk
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:10:19 +0000
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