The Combination of Living in High Crime Neighborhoods and High Rumination Predicts Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents

Andrew A. Gepty; Jessica L. Hamilton; Lyn Y. Abramson; Lauren B. Alloy

doi:10.1007/s10964-019-01150-8

The Combination of Living in High Crime Neighborhoods and High Rumination Predicts Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents

Andrew A. Gepty, Jessica L. Hamilton, Lyn Y. Abramson, Lauren B. Alloy

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Abstract

Living in high crime areas and rumination each have been identified as risk factors for depression among youth, yet it is unclear how crime and rumination may synergistically increase the risk of adolescent depression. Adolescents (N = 309; 51% female, M_age ₌ 12.9, SD = 0.61) completed self-report measures of rumination, depressive symptoms, and provided local addresses, which were used to match police district crime statistics. Approximately one year later, participants again reported depressive symptoms. Moderation analyses indicated that the tendency to ruminate exacerbated the relationship between violent crime rates, but not non-violent crime, and higher prospective levels of depressive symptoms among adolescents. These findings suggest that individual-level interventions that promote more adaptive emotion response styles may lower the risk of depression among adolescents residing in high crime areas.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2141-2151
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	48
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01150-8
State	Published - Nov 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Social Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Keywords

Adolescence
Crime
Depression
Rumination
Urban

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