Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology Among Male Youth: The Joint and Interactive Contribution of Temperament and Executive Functioning

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• Alternative Title:
  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
• Personal Author:
  Latzman, Robert D. ; Shishido, Yuri ; Latzman, Natasha E. ; Clark, Lee Anna
• Description:
  Few studies have investigated the combined effects of temperament and executive functioning (EF) on anxious and depressive symptomatology in youth. The current study is the first to investigate the joint and interactive contribution of mother- and youth self-reported affective dimensions of temperament and EF to the explanation of anxious and depressive symptomatology. Participants included 174 adolescent males (M| = 13.6 ± 1.35). Results confirmed the joint and interactive contribution of temperament in the explanation of anxious and depressive symptomatology. Further, EF contributed to the explanation of anxious/depressive symptomatology via interaction with youth-, but not mother-reported, temperament; it was not a unique predictor. Results support the need to consider both affective dimensions of temperament and EF in etiological models of anxious and depressive symptomatology, which has implications for identifying at-risk youth and developing early intervention and targeted problem-specific prevention programs.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Anxiety Depression Early Medical Intervention Executive Function Female Humans Male Mothers Psychopathology Self Report Statistics As Topic Symptom Assessment Temperament

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• Source:
  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 47(6):925-937.
• Pubmed ID:
  26754748
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5839135
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2833a5179dca5481940d013e692e2271f7b5ebab9e792d651e667619dc32190d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52379/cdc_52379_DS1.pdf
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