Associations between trajectories of depressive symptoms and cognitive performance in Chinese adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Subclinical depressive symptoms and the associated risk of cognitive deficits have been overlooked. We aimed to investigate depressive symptom trajectories and the effect of depressive symptoms on cognitive performance among Chinese adolescents. The research population of our study was 1314 adolescents aged 10-15 years old from the China Family Panel Studies. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale was used to assess the depressive symptoms of adolescents. Vocabulary and mathematics tests were used to test fluid intelligence. Memory and number series tests were used to test crystal intelligence. The 6-year depressive symptom trajectories of adolescents were identified by the latent class mixed model. Linear regression models and Generalized Estimating Equation models were app

SUBMITTER: Xiang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11921599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature