Control when it counts: Change in executive control under stress predicts depression symptoms

Emotion

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 522-530

  Quinn, Meghan E ^a   Joormann, Jutta ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Executive control; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORD RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; LABORATORY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938066492     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000089     Document Type: Article

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