How stressful life events are associated with depression: the mediating pathway of security in a clinical adolescent sample (opens in new tab)

BackgroundStressful life events are well-established risk factors for adolescent depression; however, the psychological mechanisms underlying this association remain insufficiently understood, particularly regarding which types of stress and which dimensions of security are most closely linked to depression. This study aimed to investigate whether security and its two sub-dimensions statistically mediated the association between stressful life events and depression among clinically diagnosed ...