Journal article
Predicting future depression in adolescents using the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire: A two-nation study
DP McKenzie, JW Toumbourou, AB Forbes, AJ MacKinnon, BJ McMorris, RF Catalano, GC Patton
Journal of Affective Disorders | Published : 2011
Abstract
Background: Adolescence is a key life period for the development of depression. Predicting the development of depression in adolescence through detecting specific early symptoms may aid in the development of timely screening and intervention programmes. Methods: We administered the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) to 5769 American and Australian students aged 10 to 15 years, at two time points, separated by 12 months. We attempted to predict high levels of depression symptoms at 12 months from symptoms at baseline, using statistical approaches based upon the quality, as well as the quantity, of depression symptoms present. These approaches included classification and regression t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Data collection for this research was supported through a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA-012140-05), National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services (RF Catalano, Principal Investigator). Data analysis was supported by grants from the Australian Research Council and Australian Health Management. DP McKenzie is supported through a Postdoctoral Public Health Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NH&MRC), and a grant from Australian Health Management. JW Toumbourou is supported through a Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Fellowship. RF Catalano and BJ McMorris are supported through a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01-AA017188). GC Patton is supported through an NH&MRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship. None of the funding bodies had any further role in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report: and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. The content of this paper is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.