| Inclusion | Exclusion |
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Participants | All participants must be between the ages of 11 to 24. If only mean and SD is given, mean+/− SD must fall within our target age range. If age is not specified, include ‘adolescent’ | If age is not mentioned, exclude ‘adults’, ‘children’, ‘infants’, ‘students’ Specific participant group that may present with unique self-evaluation e.g. all homeless |
Depression status | Primary diagnosis of depression. Identified through prior diagnosis, clinical interview, or meet threshold for elevated depression symptoms prespecified by the study authors | Median split depression measures. Thresholds identified not relating to clinical cut offs, e.g. no justification for cut off. |
Co-occurring conditions | Where studies report on a participant group with primary anxiety or bipolar II, and secondary depression. | Where other physical or mental health conditions are reported as the primary problem. |
Self-evaluation measurement | Any study that measures self-evaluation (or related terms) as a characteristic, or target of intervention, in adolescent depression. | Where the only measurement of self is: 1) too broad e.g. self-esteem; 2) too specific e.g. self-efficacy that focuses on the evaluation of a specific skill 3) not relevant to the self-judgement of the individual e.g. self-awareness 4) a more generic measure with self-items but no subscale e.g. a depression measure |
Type of study | Peer-reviewed primary research. | Abstract, protocol, grey literature, systematic reviews, meta analyses |
Language | English only | All other languages |