ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2013
The relationship between cognitive ability and depression: a longitudinal data analysis.
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- The association between cognitive function and subsequent depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2017Pooled it
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- Current Evidence and Theories in Understanding the Relationship between Cognition and Depression in Childhood and Adolescence: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Sleep Quality Partially Mediate the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Function in Older Chinese: A Longitudinal Study Across 10 Years.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
- Exploring the Mediating Effects of Cognitive Function, Social Support, Activities of Daily Living and Depression in the Relationship between Age and Frailty among Community-Dwelling Elderly.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Depression and executive functioning bidirectionally impair one another across 9 years: Evidence from within-person latent change and cross-lagged models.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2021Article
- Disentangling vulnerability, state and trait features of neurocognitive impairments in depression.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2020Article
- Behavioral Responses to Uncertainty in Weight-Restored Anorexia Nervosa - Preliminary Results.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Characterizing neurocognitive impairment in young people with major depression: state, trait, or scar?Brain and behavior · 2016Review
- Self-perceived vs. actual physical attractiveness: Associations with depression as a function of sexual orientation.Journal of affective disorders · 2016Article
- Cognitive Shifting Ability Does Not Predict Self-Perceived Hearing Difficulties in Adult Hearing-Aid Users.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
purposeThere is literature indicating cognitive ability and depression are related, but few studies have examined the direction of the relationship. This study examined the relationship between depression levels and cognitive abilities from adolescence to early adulthood.
methodsUsing the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 14,322), this study used path modeling to investigate the relationship between depression and cognitive ability at baseline and again 8 years later.
resultsAfter controlling for initial levels of depression, cognitive ability, and other covariates, depressive symptoms in adolescence are related to cognitive ability in early adulthood, but adolescent cognitive ability is not related to adult depression levels. Moreover, after controlling for adolescent levels of depression and cognitive ability, the cognitive ability-depression relationship disappears in adulthood.
conclusionsThe cognitive ability-depression relationship appears early in life, and it is likely that the presence of depressive symptoms leads to lower cognitive ability. Thus, intervening at early signs of depression not only can help alleviate depression, but will likely have an effect of cognitive ability as well.
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