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

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 277-287

  Van Deurzen, Patricia A M ^a,b   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b   Brunnekreef, J Agnes ^a,c   Ormel, Johan ^a,c   Minderaa, Ruud B ^a,c   Hartman, Catharina A ^a   Huizink, Anja C ^a,b,d   Speckens, Anne E M ^a   Oldehinkel, A J ^a,c   Slaats Willemse, Dorine I E ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Affective problems; Cohort; Depression; Gender; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE INHIBITION; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862843868     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0260-2     Document Type: Review

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