Networks of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Across Development.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Frequent co-occurrence and bidirectional longitudinal associations have led some researchers to question the boundaries between depression and anxiety. A longitudinal investigation of the interconnected symptom structure of these constructs may help determine the extent to which they are distinct, and whether this changes over development. Therefore, the present study used network analysis to examine these symptom-symptom associations developmentally from early childhood to mid-adolescence.

Method

We analyzed data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 1,147). Depression and anxiety symptoms were assessed on 7 occasions between ages 5 and 14 years using maternal reports. Regularized par

SUBMITTER: McElroy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6290121 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature