The authors investigated the emergence of gender differences in clinical depression and the
overall development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood among …

Although there has been evidence for some time of a sex difference in depression, relatively
little research has examined the developmental process by which women come to be at …

There are no gender differences in depression rates in prepubescent children, but, after the
age of 15, girls and women are about twice as likely to be depressed as boys and men. In …

OBJECTIVE: Although the gender gap in depression among adults is well established, the
age at which this phenomenon appears during adolescence is less clear. To address this …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the clinical course and psychosocial correlates of unipolar
depression in late adolescent women and to examine the continuity in affective disturbance …

There are no consistent gender differences in rates of depression among prepubescent
children. By mid-adolescence (age 13 to 15 years), however, girls show significantly higher …

Prior studies provide limited and contradictory evidence regarding sex differences in the
incidence of depression during adolescence, a critical period for development of the …

Highlights•The gender difference in depression through the life span.•An emphasis on the
emergence of the gender difference in adolescence.•Cognitive vulnerabilities and stressors …

Objective An ongoing 14-year longitudinal study examined psychosocial antecedents of
major depression in late adolescence in a community population. Method Subjects were …

BACKGROUND: There is ample evidence for female preponderance of major depressive
disorder (MDD) in adolescence and adulthood. This study examined gender differences in …