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In particular, among Korean adolescents, affect and attention states during schoolwork activities were related to depression; however, these psychological states during leisure activities were unrelated to depression. Among American adolescents, affect states during leisure activities and attention states during schoolwork activities were related to depression. These findings suggest that the daily manifestation of adolescent depression was not prevalent across daily contexts, but was limited to a specific context. In the combined sample of Korean and American adolescents, the amount of time spent in leisure activities, affect states in both schoolwork and leisure activities, and attention states in schoolwork activities explained a significant variance in depression. 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