METHODS: A cross-sectional correlational study was conducted to recruit participants across four selected states of Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka and Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia. This study involved a total of 1,032 adolescents from 25 government secondary schools, identified using probability proportional to size cluster sampling technique. Data were collected through a self-report questionnaire.
RESULTS: Using structural equation modelling analyses, findings revealed a full mediation effect of maladaptive cognitive schema between negative life events and depressive symptoms, and a partial mediation effect between daily hassles and depressive symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: This study provided valuable insights about the significance of maladaptive cognitive schema as a mediator in the stress-depression association and advanced the understanding of mechanism underlying development of depressive symptoms among adolescents in Malaysia. Findings also benefit the clinical practice in the development of targeted depression prevention and intervention programs.
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CASE: A 29-year-old female at third trimester of twin pregnancy presented with massive hemoptysis. Computed tomography angiogram (CTA) showed unilateral absence of the right pulmonary artery with multiple dilated tortuous bronchial arteries supplying the right lung. Selective embolization of the bronchial artery was performed post-partum.
CONCLUSION: Clinicians should have a high clinical suspicion of collateral artery bleeding in patients who present with unexplained hemoptysis and typical UPAA radiographic findings.