ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
More prevalent and more severe: gender differences of depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Vicious Cycle Between Parental Psychological Control and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Early Adolescents: Highlighting the Mediating Role of Positivity and Sex Differences.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Article
- Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Students at the University of Pristina-Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Sertraline Combined With Intestinal Microecological Therapy in Adolescents With Moderate Depression and Suicidal Ideation and Its Effects on Serum Inflammatory Factors.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
- Perceived Financial Strain and Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from a Population-Based Study in South Tyrol, Italy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Developmental Change in Associations Between Mental Health and Academic Ability Across Grades in Adolescence: Evidence from IRT-Based Vertical Scaling.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Gender and residential differences in sleep quality among Chinese adolescents aged 13-18 years.PloS one · 2026Article
- The independent and joint associations of community space environmental satisfaction, and parents' educational attainment with psychological symptoms among Chinese adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Associations Between Parenting Stress, Family Support, Emotion Regulation, and Parental Burnout in Parents of Adolescents with Mood Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Structural Equation Modeling and Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Depression in Chinese adolescents: prevalence, symptoms, risk factors, affected brain, diagnosis, and interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Frontoparietal network mediates the antidepressant effects of accelerated iTBS and cTBS: TMS-EEG study.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Article
- Influence of sex and school education on adolescents' mental health status in China: a prospective longitudinal study.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
- Associations of adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms among children and adolescents: the mediating effect of resilience and sleep quality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sex-related Differences in Health Related Quality of Life Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Review
- Network analysis of the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms among adolescents: a comparison between males and females.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Insufficient Sleep and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A National Survey of Contributing Factors.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Sex differences in pediatric major depressive episodes: a cross-sectional study on psychiatric symptoms in early-onset mood disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Trends in Mental Health: A Review of the Most Influential Research on Depression in Children and Adolescents.Annals of general psychiatry · 2024Article
- Association between Active Commuting and Lifestyle Parameters with Mental Health Problems in Chilean Children and Adolescent.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Psychological impact and associated factors of the COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant women in Fafan Zone health institutions, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021.BMC women's health · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Adolescent depression has become a leading problem around the world, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic has remained prevalent and heavily influenced people's mental health. While gender difference has always been a topic in the field of psychiatry, there are cultural differences across the world that must be taken into account. The current study is examining gender differences in symptoms of Chinese adolescents with depression. Methods: The sample was obtained from a total of 574 adolescent patients (172 males and 402 females) diagnosed with depression following the DSM-IV/ICD-10 diagnostic criteria; patients who also had other severe mental or physical illnesses were excluded. The ages of participants ranged from 10 to 19 years. Additionally, independent Results: Our analysis showed that compared to males, females exhibited higher rates of depression and more severe depressive symptoms across age groups. Likewise, the analysis also revealed an earlier onset of depression among Chinese adolescents compared to that in Western countries in previous studies. Finally, the LPA showed that mild to moderate depression was predominant in male patients, while severe depression was predominant in female patients. Conclusion: This study highlights the gender differences in the prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents. The current study highlighted the importance of gender equality and developing gender-friendly interventions in maintaining the overall mental health of adolescents in China.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.