Executive Functioning, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: Understanding Developmental Dynamics Through Panel Network Approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Early adolescence is a transition period during which many mental health disorders emerge. The interplay between different internalizing and externalizing mental health problems in adolescence is poorly understood at the within-person level. Executive functioning (EF) in early adolescence has been shown to constitute a transdiagnostic risk factor, but the specificity of the associations between different domains of EF and mental health problems remains unclear.

Method

Network dynamics (ie, temporal effects) of different internalizing and externalizing symptoms were investigated leveraging data from the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS), a large longitudinal panel study of adolescents (>1,641 participants) assessed at ages 11, 13, and 15. Two no

SUBMITTER: Freichel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562421 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature