Ten children described as affectively depressed in childhood were re-evaluated on an average of six and one half years later. At this time, fifty per cent were clinically depressed and their behavior style more closely resembled that of the adult depressive than it had in childhood. Dependency appeared more prominent while aggressivity had decreased. Continuing parental deprivation and rejection appeared to correlate with the outcome, while broken homes and paternal loss in themselves were not predictive of depression continuing into adolescence and young adulthood.