September 16, 2025Open Access

Longitudinal trajectories of depression across adolescence, emerging adulthood and adulthood: findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) (1994-2008).

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CRClint Ross OMOrla McBride EHEllen J. Henderson

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Longitudinal analysis reveals five distinct depression trajectories among adolescents and young adults, indicating significant influences from gender and ethnicity.

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Five unique trajectories of depression were established: minimal, moderate, emerging adulthood trough, persistently high, and emerging adulthood peak.
Approximately 66.8% of participants were classified in the minimal trajectory, while only 3.1% fell into the emerging adulthood peak trajectory.
Utilizing growth mixture modelling, the analysis captures both stable and fluctuating patterns of depression across developmental stages.
The findings indicate important gender and ethnicity influences, with females and non-whites more likely to experience elevated depression trajectories.

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Ross et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4262e713b0b5dfea6bdfe https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mfs5j_v1

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Longitudinal analysis reveals five distinct depression trajectories among adolescents and young adults, indicating significant influences from gender and ethnicity.

Longitudinal trajectories of depression across adolescence, emerging adulthood and adulthood: findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) (1994-2008).

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Longitudinal trajectories of depression across adolescence, emerging adulthood and adulthood: findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) (1994-2008).

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