ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Umaporn Trangkasombat,M.D. Dusit Likanapichitkul,M.D.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Depressive Symptoms in Children : A Study Using The Children's Depression Inventory

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 41 No.4 October-December 1996, P 222-234

รายละเอียด / Details:

The objective of this research was to study depressive symptomatology in children by using Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). The comparison was done between subjects with interview-validated depression (N=47) and those without depression (N=92). The result of the study were as follows. Depressed children had higher mean CDI score than the non-depressed (18.5 and 9.3 respectively, P>10-6). There was no significant difference in the mean scores of boys and girls and of different age groups. In the analysis of the response to CDI items, it was found that the most common responses were those concerning low self-esteem and ineffectiveness. The second common responses were symptoms of physical disturbances such as decreased appetite and fatigue. Direct expression of depressive feelings was less common. The subscales analysis revealed the depressed subjects to have the highest mean score in negatve mood subscale and the non-depressed in ineffectiveness subscale. Although some depressive symptoms were found in the non-depressed children, those in the depressed group were statistically more severe and more extensive.

Keywords: depression, depressive symptoms, children, child, psychiatry, depress

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1996

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

Code: 0000040

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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