caa a22 4500 605477051 CHVBK 20210128100359.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00787-015-0674-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00787-015-0674-8 Is the cognitive triad a clear marker of depressive symptoms in youngsters? [Elektronische Daten] [Caroline Braet, Laura Wante, Marie-Lotte Van Beveren, Lotte Theuwis] Research on depression showed patterns of maladaptive thinking reflecting themes of negative self-evaluation, a pessimistic view on the world and hopelessness regarding the future, the so-called cognitive triad. However, it is still unclear if these cognitive aspects are also a clear marker of depressive symptoms in children. Therefore in the current study we will investigate to what extent the cognitive triad contributes to the prediction of depressive symptoms. Four hundred and seventy-one youngsters with a mean age of 12.41years, of which 53% were male, participated in this study. They filled in self-report questionnaires to measure depressive symptoms, anxious symptoms, emotional and behavioral problem behavior and the cognitive triad. The cognitive triad explained 43.5% of the variance in depressive symptoms as reported by the children themselves without controlling for comorbid psychopathology. When controlling for comorbid anxiety and externalizing behavior problems, adding the cognitive triad contributes to depressive symptoms with 11% on top of the 45% explained variance by comorbid problems. The findings were observed both in the child (10-12years) and adolescent (13-15years) subsample. The standardized betas for the view on the World were low and did only reach the significance level in the adolescent sample. The cognitive triad represents a key component of depressive symptoms, also in younger age groups. Specifically the negative view on the Self and the negative view on the Future is already associated with depressive symptoms in both the child and adolescent subsample. The common variance among different psychopathologies (depression, anxiety and behavioral problems) still needs to be sorted out clearly. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Depression nationallicence Cognitive markers nationallicence Children nationallicence Adolescents nationallicence Braet Caroline Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut Wante Laura Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut Van Beveren Marie-Lotte Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut Theuwis Lotte Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/10(2015-10-01), 1261-1268 1018-8827 24:10<1261 2015 24 787 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0674-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0674-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Braet Caroline Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wante Laura Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Beveren Marie-Lotte Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Theuwis Lotte Department of Personality, Developmental and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/10(2015-10-01), 1261-1268 1018-8827 24:10<1261 2015 24 787