Mood Symptom Dimensions and Developmental Differences in Neurocognition in Adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is critical period of neurocognitive development as well as increased prevalence of mood pathology. This cross-sectional study replicated developmental patterns of neurocognition and tested whether mood symptoms moderated developmental effects. Participants were 419 adolescents (n=246 with current mood disorders) who completed reward learning and executive functioning tasks, and reported on age, puberty, and mood symptoms. Structural equation modeling revealed a quadratic relationship between puberty and reward learning performance that was moderated by symptom severity: in early puberty, adolescents reporting higher manic symptoms exhibited heightened reward learning performance (better maximizing of rewards on learning tasks), whereas adolescents reporting elevated anh

SUBMITTER: Kaiser RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10259862 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature