{
  "creator": [
    "Abdel-Fattah, Moataz M.",
    "Asal, Abdel-Rahman A."
  ],
  "date": [
    "2006-08-31"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Hypothesis: Most studies of depressed mood and its correlates  in adolescents have been conducted in Western countries. The present  large scale epidemiological study was designed to assess the prevalence  and pattern of depression in a secondary school sample of Saudi Arabia  adolescents.Methods: A Cross-sectional survey, using the Arabic Beck’s  Depression Inventory (BDI), by a team consisting of a psychiatrist and  psychologist has been conducted.Participants: Secondary school students (n = 490, 306 males “62.4 %” and 184 females “37.6 %”) of age group from (16 to 20).Results: The prevalence of depression according to the Beck  Depression Inventory (CBDI) (cut-off point: 19) was 110 (22.4 %) as  moderate (19-29), 36 (7.3 %) as severe (30-40), and 18 (3.7%) as very  severe (> 40) in this study group, with a clear predominance  prevalence of depression in girls than in boys (1.5 times).Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the most  significant risk factors involved were: sex, birth order, history of  psychiatric illness, history of relative loss, and familial history of  chronic diseases. Factor analysis revealed that self criticalness,  agitation, and loss of energy had the highest scores in the total  sample. In the male subgroup, loss of energy, self criticalness,  punishment feeling and agitation had the highest score while in the  female subgroup, self criticalness, agitation, and crying had the  highest scores.Conclusion: Our findings provide gender differences in the  prevalence and presentation of depressive symptoms. The experience of a  stressful life events increase the risk of depression. Assessment using  screening is recommended. The increased risk for the onset of depression  in adolescents reinforces the importance of early recognition and  intervention. "
  ],
  "format": [
    "text/html"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/335",
    "10.5964/ejop.v2i3.335"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/335/335.html"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Europe’s Journal of Psychology; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2006)",
    "1841-0413"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Prevalence",
    "risk factors",
    "adolescents",
    "Depression",
    "Beck Inventory scale",
    "Saudi Arabia"
  ],
  "title": [
    "Prevalence, symptomatology, and risk factors for depression among high school students in Saudi Arabia"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"
  ]
}