Self-image and depressive symptoms among adolescents in a non-clinical sample.

The connection between self-image and depressive symptoms in non-clinical adolescent populations has not been well documented in large samples of teenagers. Our purpose was to investigate the correlation between self-image and depressive symptoms. To assess the adolescent's self-concept, we used the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ), and to study their depressive symptoms, we chose the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI).

Effects of diet on the neurologic development of children at 5 years of age: the STRIP project.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of diet, serum cholesterol concentrations, and apolipoprotein E phenotype on neurodevelopment of 5-year-old children.

Study Design: Prospective, 4.4-year cohort study in 496 children.