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9. SOCIAL IMPAIRMENT 441 21.3%
a. Lonely 119 5.7%
b. Perceived Disconnection 93 4.5%
c. Behavioral Disconnection 194 9.4%
d. Aggression/Bullied 35 1.7%
10. FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT/DISTRESS 54 2.6%
11. RETARDATION/AGITATION 46 2.2%
a. Quiet/Silent 43 2.1%
b. Agitated 2 .09%
c. Retardation 1 .05%
12. ANXIETY SYMPTOMS 90 4.3%
a. Fear 34 1.6%
b. Anxious/Stressed 56 2.7%
13. SUBSTANCE USE 32 1.5%
14. CONTEXTUAL/CAUSAL 128 6.2%
15. BIOLOGICAL 8 .4%
16. MASKING/STIGMA 27 1.3%
17. ESCAPING REALITY 10
18. MISCELLANEOUS 134 6.5%
Note. See Methodology Chapter for definitions of categories and subcategories of adolescent depression.
Chapter IV: Results
Out of a total of 2,074 COAD units of definitions of adolescent depression that were
generated by 327 adolescents in the sample (5 did not respond to this item), 1,156 (56%) of the
COAD definition units were concentrated in the categories Depressed Mood and Social
Impairment. These two categories contained 82% of the identified subcategories. Particular
COAD units clustered within the Miscellaneous category (e.g., out of sight, a person who has
hallucinations, thinks often of the past, trying to please your parents, overanalyze everything,
depression does not really mean much to me, as a way of relief, taken a little too lightly,
emotion) did not address the question or were captured by the developed categories or
subcategories (see Table 8 for definitions and more examples of the Miscellaneous category in
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