Attention Problems and Restlessness as Transdiagnostic Markers of Severity and Treatment Response in Youth with Internalizing Problems

Aitken, Madison; Andrade, Brendan F.

doi:10.1007/s10802-021-00797-x

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“…This high loading, also found by Brikell et al ( 2020 ), warrants further investigation. It is consistent with both theory and scientific evidence suggesting that attention is a key transdiagnostic correlate that is relevant to a range of psychopathology symptoms (Aitken & Andrade, 2021 ; King et al, 2013 ; Racer & Dishion, 2012 ). In response to the attention loading being so high, we completed a secondary analysis where we dropped the attention/hyperactivity measures from the p factor to ensure that the correlation between PS and the p factor was not solely due to these measures.…”

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Processing Speed is Related to the General Psychopathology Factor in Youth

Kramer

Willcutt

Peterson

et al. 2023

Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol

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The relationship between the p factor and cognition in youth has largely focused on general cognition (IQ) and executive functions (EF). Another cognitive construct, processing speed (PS), is dissociable from IQ and EF, but has received less research attention despite being related to many different mental health symptoms. The present sample included 795 youth, ages 11–16 from the Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center (CLDRC) sample. Confirmatory factor analyses tested multiple p factor models, with the primary model being a second-order, multi-reporter p factor. We then tested the correlation between the p factor and a latent PS factor. There was a significant, negative correlation between the p factor and PS (r(87) = -0.42, p < .001), indicating that slower processing speed is associated with higher general mental health symptoms. This association is stronger than previously reported associations with IQ or EF. This finding was robust across models that used different raters (youth and caregiver) and modeling approaches (second-order vs. bifactor). Our findings indicate that PS is related to general psychopathology symptoms. This research points to processing speed as an important transdiagnostic construct that warrants further exploration across development.

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Processing Speed is Related to the General Psychopathology Factor in Youth

Kramer

Willcutt

Peterson

et al. 2023

Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol

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“…'Restlessness' has emerged as a significant symptom, playing a pivotal role in connecting with research findings during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that emphasised the impact of psychomotor symptoms on the risk of depression and anxiety. [18][19][20][21] This study adds to the existing literature by recognising 'sad mood' as a crucial factor that triggers other symptoms in the depressionanxiety network, [22][23][24][25] reaffirming its established importance in diagnosing major depression according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and its potential use as an indicator for the onset or recurrence of depressive episodes.…”

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Network analysis of suicide ideation and depression–anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents

Xu,

Ju,

Wei

et al. 2024

Gen Psych

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BackgroundThe co-occurrence of depression and anxiety among adolescents is typically associated with suicide ideation.AimsThe study aimed to investigate the symptom-level relationship between suicide ideation and the comorbidity of depression and anxiety.Methods1501 adolescents aged 12–19 years were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, and 716 adolescents who scored ≥5 on both scales were selected as participants. Network analysis was used to identify the network structure of depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms. Participants were categorised into either the suicide ideation or non-suicide ideation groups based on their scoring on the suicide-related item in PHQ-9. A comparison was made between the depression–anxiety symptom networks of the two groups.Results‘Restlessness’, ‘sad mood’ and ‘trouble relaxing’ were the most prominent central symptoms in the depression–anxiety symptom network, and ‘restlessness’, ‘nervousness’ and ‘reduced movement’ were the bridge symptoms in this network. ‘Sad mood’ was found to be directly related to ‘suicide ideation’ with the highest variance. The network structure was significantly different in properties between the suicide ideation group and the non-suicide ideation group, with ‘restlessness’ and ‘sad mood’ exhibiting significantly higher influence in the network of the suicide ideation group than that in the non-suicide ideation group.ConclusionRestlessness and sad mood could be targeted for the intervention of depression–anxiety symptoms among adolescents with suicide ideation.

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“…In addition, we found a significant negative correlation between restlessness and employment stress and a significant positive correlation between restlessness and the impact of the pandemic on graduation theses. Restlessness is considered to be associated with attention problems ( Aitken and Andrade, 2021 ) suggesting that prospective graduates experiencing restlessness may struggle to concentrate on stress of employment, but the actual constant effect of their graduation theses would not be disturbed and make them anxious. Furthermore, guilty, in addition to its association with employment stress, is linked to the pandemic’s impact on employment, consistent with our explanation above.…”

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The relation between mental health and career-related stress among prospective graduates in higher education stage during the COVID-19 pandemic: an evidence based on network analysis

Tang,

Lei,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted people’s routine, bringing uncertainty and stress, leading to mental health issues. This situation is particularly acute among Chinese prospective graduates in higher education stage as they cannot predict the outcomes of their studies, graduation, and career development, and therefore experience career-related stress.MethodsThis study included 4041 prospective graduates in higher education stage (using handy sampling) recruited in March 2020 as participants (MAge = 22.56, SD = 1.865), utilizing a Sparse Gaussian Graphical Model for regularized partial correlation network analysis of depression symptoms (by PHQ-9), anxiety symptoms (by GAD-7), and career-related stress, which aims to explore the role of career-related stress in the symptom networks of depression and anxiety among prospective graduates in their final semester.ResultsThe results revealed that fatigue, sad mood, and psychomotor symptoms in depression, as well as uncontrollable worry and trouble relaxing in anxiety, were central symptoms in the network. Additionally, sad mood and guilt belonging to depressive symptoms, and feeling afraid, restlessness, and irritability belonging to anxiety symptoms, served as bridge symptoms connecting symptom communities. Specifically, guilt as a depressive symptom showed a strong association with employment stress in career-related stress. There were no significant differences in network structure and global strength based on participants’ gender. However, despite no significant differences in network structure, the global strength of prospective graduates from Wuhan was significantly lower than samples from non-Hubei provinces, possibly indicative of a Typhoon Eye Effect.DiscussionThe findings of this study can inspire psychological professionals in higher education institutions to provide support for mental interventions and therapies for prospective graduates, and addressing career development issues.

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Attention Problems and Restlessness as Transdiagnostic Markers of Severity and Treatment Response in Youth with Internalizing Problems

Cited by 4 publications

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Processing Speed is Related to the General Psychopathology Factor in Youth

Processing Speed is Related to the General Psychopathology Factor in Youth

Network analysis of suicide ideation and depression–anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents

The relation between mental health and career-related stress among prospective graduates in higher education stage during the COVID-19 pandemic: an evidence based on network analysis

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