نبذة مختصرة : Introduction: Many studies have shown that negative life events and the sense of coherence are correlated with depression, but there is little data about their specifics in adolescent population. Goal: The objective of our study was to explore differences in the frequency of negative life events and sense of coherence in adolescents with depressive disorder, compared to adolescents with other psychiatric disorders and those in nonclinical population. Method: The sample consisted of 101 adolescents, age 16 to 24 years, divided in three groups: 1) study group consisted of 40 adolescents, with the diagnosis of depressive disorder; 2) psychiatric control group consisted of 30 adolescents that have not fulfilled criteria for depressive disorder, but had some other psychiatric disorder; 3) control group consisted of 30 adolescents that were never psychiatrically treated. The assessment was carried out by the following instruments: 1) General demographic questionnaire 2) Semistructured clinical interview for DSM-IV disorders; 3) Beck Depression Inventory; 4) Sense of Coherence Scale Questionnaire and 5) Negative Life Events Inventory. Results: Adolescents with depressive disorder had lower sense of coherence in all three dimensions (comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness) compared to adolescents in control groups, while the group of adolescents with other psychiatric disorders had lower sense of coherence in two dimensions (comprehensibility and meaningfulness), compared to non- clinical control group. Higher score of depressive symptoms was significantly correlated with higher prevalence of negative life events and with lower sense of coherence. Conclusion: Our findings have shown that depression among adolescents is correlated with higher number of negative life events and with lower degree of sense of coherence. These findings might be important for planning targeted therapeutic interventions aimed at strengthening the sense of coherence.
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