APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
CES-D Stability over Time in a Sample of Sexual Minority Youth
- Claire Burgess
University of Southern California - Jeremy Goldbach
University of Southern California - Sheree Schrager
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Abstract
Depression and suicidality disproportionately affect SMY compared to heterosexual adolescents (Radkowsky & Siegel, 1997; Remafedi, French, Story, Resnick, & Blum, 1998). Researchers measured depression through the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale over four time points using latent growth curve modeling. Depression demonstrated stability over time.
Adolescent
