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Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms Have Minimal Effect on Executive Functioning Performance in Children and Adolescents

Auteurs: Benjamin D. Hill, Danielle M. Ploetz, Judith R. O’Jile, Mary Bodzy, Karen A. Holler, Martin L. Rohling

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 3/2013

Abstract

The relation between mood and executive functioning in children and adolescents has not been previously reported. This study examined the association between self-reported depressive symptoms in both clinical outpatient and psychiatric inpatient samples to the following measures of executive functioning: the Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Animal Naming, Trail Making Test, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Records from children and adolescents aged 7–17 years old with an IQ > 70 were examined. Data were gathered at either an outpatient neuropsychology clinic (n = 89) or an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting (n = 81). Mood was measured with the Children’s Depression Inventory. Generally, statistical associations between self-reported depressive symptoms and executive functioning were small and non-significant. The variance predicted by mood on measures of executive functioning was minimal (generally less than 2 %) for the total sample, the outpatient group, inpatient group, and a subgroup who endorsed elevated mood symptoms. These results suggest that impaired performance on measures of executive functioning in children and adolescents is minimally related to self-reported depressive symptoms.

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Titel: Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms Have Minimal Effect on Executive Functioning Performance in Children and Adolescents
Auteurs: Benjamin D. Hill
Danielle M. Ploetz
Judith R. O’Jile
Mary Bodzy
Karen A. Holler
Martin L. Rohling
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-012-9592-2

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