Developement and Prevention of Depressive Cognition
Rates
of depression increase dramatically in early adolescence, especially
for girls. We have found that negative cognitions precede and predict
the emergence of depression in older children and adolescents. Current
work by members of our group is focused on the development of
depressogenic cognitions and the prevention of depression in early
adolescence. We are particularly focused on the contributors to rumination and on testing an intervention to prevent rumination.
Representative publications:
Beevers, C.G., Rohde, P., Stice, E., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2007). Recovery from major depressive disorder among female adolescents: A prospective test of the scar hypothesis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 888-900.
Hilt, L.M., Sander, L.C., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., & Simen, A.A. (2007). The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism predicts rumination and depression differently in young adolescent girls and their mothers. Neuroscience Letters, 429, 12-16.
Cole, D., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Girgus, J.S., & Paul, G. (2006). Stress exposure and stress generation in child and adolescent depression: A latent state-trait-error approach to longitudinal analyses. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 40-51.
Twenge, J. M., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2002). Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and birth cohort difference on the children's depression inventory: A meta-analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 578-588.
McLaughlin, K. A., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2011). Rumination as a transdiagnostic factor in depression and anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 186-193.
Sethi, S., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1997). Gender differences in internal and external focusing among adolescents. Sex Roles, 37, 687-700.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wolfson, A., Mumme, D., & Guskin, K. (1995). Helplessness in children of depressed and nondepressed mothers. Developmental Psychology, 31, 377-387.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S., & Girgus, J. S. (1994). The emergence of gender differences in depression during adolescence.Psychological Bulletin, 115, 424-443.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Girgus, J. S., & Seligman, M. E. (1992).Predictors and consequences of childhood depressive symptoms: A 5-year longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101, 405-422.
