Dimensions of adversity in association with adolescents' depression symptoms: Distinct moderating roles of cognitive and autonomic function.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to adverse events is prevalent among youths and robustly associated with risk for depression, particularly during adolescence. The Dimensional Model of Adversity and Psychopathology (DMAP) distinguishes between adverse events that expose youths to deprivation versus threat, positing unique mechanisms of risk (cognitive functioning deficits for deprivation, and altered fear and emotion learning for threat) that may require different approaches to intervention. We examined whether deprivation and threat were distinctly associated with behavioral measures of cognitive processes and autonomic nervous system function in relation to depression symptom severity in a community sample of early adolescents (n = 117; mean age 12.73 years; 54.7% male). Consistent with DMAP, associations betwe

SUBMITTER: Vaughn-Coaxum RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297660 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature