Do better executive functions buffer the effect of current parental depression on adolescent depressive symptoms?

Davidovich, Shiri, Collishaw, Stephan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-820X, Thapar, Ajay K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-8833, Harold, Gordon, Thapar, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-737X and Rice, Frances ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-1729 2016. Do better executive functions buffer the effect of current parental depression on adolescent depressive symptoms? Journal of Affective Disorders 199 , pp. 54-64. 10.1016/j.jad.2016.03.049

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Abstract

Offspring of parents with a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) and especially those exposed to a current episode of parental depression have been found to be at increased risk for developing depression themselves. Exposure to a current parental depressive episode also reduces the efficacy of interventions in high risk or depressed adolescents. This highlights the need to identify protective factors for adolescents exposed to a current parental depressive episode. Executive functions serve as an important cognitive resource, involved in the ability to regulate mood and thoughts and cope with stressful events. This study examined the buffering role of two components of executive functioning, inhibitory control and mental flexibility, in the association between a current parental episode of MDD and adolescent depressive symptoms.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0165-0327
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 July 2016
Date of Acceptance:	12 March 2016
Last Modified:	08 May 2023 20:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/92334

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