Executive functions in non-suicidal self-injury comorbid first-episode and drug-naïve depression among adolescents

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Executive functions(EFs) may be associated with the emergence of non-suicidal self-injury(NSSI) due to their role as behavior controllers. EFs includes three core cognitive processes: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility(i.e. the ability to selectively alter cognitive strategies to generate appropriate behavior in the changing environment). This study aimed to systematically explore the three core EFs in depressed adolescents with NSSI. The data was obtained from the baseline data of the Chinese adolescent depression Cohort. The adolescents underwent cognitive assessments to yield domain-specific scores in EFs using the Digit Span Backward test(DSB), the Stroop Color-word interference test- color-word condition(Stroop-CW), and the Wisconsin Card Sorting tests(WCST). The significant differences in WCST scores were found between the NSSI group and the non-NSSI group. NSSI frequency was moderately positively correlated with total errors and negatively correlated with the number of categories completed. The number of categories completed in the "≥200″ NSSI frequency group was significantly lower than that in the "≤10″ NSSI group. The current findings suggested that depressed adolescents who had engaged in NSSI have poorer cognitive flexibility performance compared to adolescents without NSSI. As the frequency of NSSI increased, cognitive flexibility might become worse. These results provide evidence of a connection between executive dysfunctions and NSSI in depressed adolescents.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:328

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Psychiatry research - 328(2023) vom: 11. Okt., Seite 115476

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yanni [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guohua [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Peiwu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiesi [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Li, Linling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jianhong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Junchang [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yongjie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Cognitive flexibility
Depression
Executive function
Journal Article
Non-suicidal self-injury

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Date Revised 01.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115476

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NLM362060371