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Longitudinal Examinations of Biological and Social Contextual Factors: Predictions to Adolescent Anxiety and Depression

Sat, March 25, 2:30 to 3:15pm, Salt Palace Convention Center, Floor: 1, Meeting Room 150 D-E

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Abstract

Rates of internalizing behaviors, particularly depression, increase dramatically in adolescence which may be explained, in part, by both biological and social contextal variables. One study examined the mediating role of sleep duration and variability in the relation between pubertal status and depressive symptoms over one year. Another study investigated the role of both biological (i.e., amygdala activity) and parental values (i.e., parent mental health and familism values) in Latinx American early adolescents’ internalizing symptoms over a 1-year period. The associations between parental autonomy granting and anxiety symptoms in early childhood were examined in relation to general anxiety disorders symptoms in adolescence (17 years) to determine the directionality of effects. The last paper employs a 3-month longitudinal design to examine the linkages between adolescents’ responsiveness to reward and their social anxiety symptoms.

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