differences in pregnancy histories but was not a
primary focus of research attention.
More than a quarter of the sample (26.7%) reported
depressive symptoms classified as either
minor (10.7%) or major (16%) with significant distinctions
by both number of pregnancies, F(18) 5
2.43, p 5 .002 and living children, F(18) 5 1.91,
p 5 .01. A higher percentage of adolescents with
more living children reported depressive symptoms.
Table 2 provides percentages of both minor and
major depressive symptoms by gravidity and parity.
Younger adolescents did not report higher EPDS
scores than older adolescents. However, significant
differences for depressive symptoms among ethnic
groups were found, F(3) 5 3.53, p 5 .01, specifically
between Black and Latina adolescents (p 5 .08).