Stressful life events moderate the effect of neural reward responsiveness in childhood on depressive symptoms in adolescence

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 1548-1555

  Goldstein, Brandon L ^a   Kessel, Ellen M ^a   Kujawa, Autumn ^b   Finsaas, Megan C ^a   Davila, Joanne ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^c   Klein, Daniel N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; depression; developmental psychopathology; diathesis stress; event related potential; late childhood; reward sensitivity; RewP; stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARD; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85068535051     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291719001557     Document Type: Article

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