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. 2012 May;21(5):277-87.
doi: 10.1007/s00787-012-0260-2. Epub 2012 Feb 22.

Response time variability and response inhibition predict affective problems in adolescent girls, not in boys: the TRAILS study

Patricia A M van Deurzen  1 , Jan K Buitelaar, J Agnes Brunnekreef, Johan Ormel, Ruud B Minderaa, Catharina A Hartman, Anja C Huizink, Anne E M Speckens, A J Oldehinkel, Dorine I E Slaats-Willemse
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Response time variability and response inhibition predict affective problems in adolescent girls, not in boys: the TRAILS study

Patricia A M van Deurzen et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 May.

Abstract

The present study examines the relationship between neurocognitive functioning and affective problems through adolescence, in a cross-sectional and longitudinal perspective. Baseline response speed, response speed variability, response inhibition, attentional flexibility and working memory were assessed in a cohort of 2,179 adolescents (age 10-12 years) from the TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS). Affective problems were measured with the DSM-oriented Affective Problems scale of the Youth Self Report at wave 1 (baseline assessment), wave 2 (after 2.5 years) and wave 3 (after 5 years). Cross-sectionally, baseline response speed, response time variability, response inhibition and working memory were associated with baseline affective problems in girls, but not in boys. Longitudinally, enhanced response time variability predicted affective problems after 2.5 and 5 years in girls, but not in boys. Decreased response inhibition predicted affective problems after 5 years follow-up in girls, and again not in boys. The results are discussed in light of recent insights in gender differences in adolescence and state-trait issues in depression.

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