Browsing by Subject "Depression"
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(2024-5)This Final Project explains depression from a biopsychosocial and spiritual framework and therefore requires a holistic approach to healing. Research literatures on depression have often assumed a divide between the spiritual ...
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(2007-08-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe human voice is a source of important information regarding the physical, psychological, and mental health conditions of a speaker. Acoustic properties of speech have previously been reported as possible cues to risk ...
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(2020-01-02)Department: PsychologyAdolescence is a developmental period characterized by increased exposure to stress in several life domains and a concomitant increase in risk for several types of internalizing and externalizing problems. Of particular ...
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(2011-12-15)Department: PsychologyThe current study examined risk factors for the development of depression during childhood and adolescence in boys and girls, including personality, social, and cognitive variables. One hundred and fifty-seven male and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2024-03-27)We examined the associations among mindfulness, rumination, and depression, and between trait and state mindfulness in an at-risk adolescent sample. In addition, we tested the effect of an internet-based mindfulness ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2021-03-29)Objectives. Parenting is a significant factor in the development of depression during adolescence. However, little research has specifically studied the association of expressed parental emotion during parent-child ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-05-02)The mechanisms of stress responses “fight or flight” and “tend and befriend” were used to define the stress response to parental depression. In a sample of 180 families of parents with a history of major depressive disorder, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-04)The aim of this study was to examine children’s affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to maternal feedback that varied with regard to content and tone. Participants were 62 children ages four to five years old (M ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2019)Cognitive Reactivity (CR), an established diathesis for depression, has been defined as the strength of association between displeasure and dysfunctional attitudes within person. However, displeasure could encompass a ...
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(2014-05-28)Department: PsychologyThe present longitudinal study examined the concurrent and prospective relations among the executive functions of working memory and cognitive flexibility, coping strategies, and symptoms of depression in children. ...
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(2006-03-08)Department: PsychologyUsing a sample of depressed adults taken from the NIMH Treatment for Depression Collaborative Research Program (TDCRP), I examined the concurrent and incremental validity of using depression diagnoses, diagnostic components, ...
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(2022-07-22)Department: PsychologyEarlier studies on a family group cognitive behavioral (FGCB) preventive intervention of depression have shown positive intervention effects on adolescent mental health outcomes 12-months later through the use secondary ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-18)Depression is a recurrent and debilitating disorder affecting nearly 340 million people worldwide. The present study examined what differentiates individuals with a history of one or more major depressive episodes (MDEs) ...
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(2014-07-18)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE Depression and Vitamin D in Pregnancy Amy Rebekah Lamb Dissertation under the direction of Professor Melanie Lutenbacher Depression is a serious problem affecting 8-27% of all pregnant women. Current ...
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(2016-03-25)Department: PharmacologyThe most widely prescribed antidepressant medications are serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), believed to provide therapeutic benefit by antagonizing the serotonin transporter (5-HT; SERT), which acts to ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2020-04-20)Stress can impair one’s ability to effectively problem solve and think critically. This study tested the extent to which trait mindfulness moderated the relation between stress and executive control (EC). Participants ...
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(2008-07-31)Department: PsychologyRecent findings confirm an association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity, with elevated plasma cortisol concentrations. Prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids ...
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(2010-04-10)Department: PsychologyThe current study analyzes the relationship between executive functioning, emotion regulation, and patterns of coping strategies in older adolescents and young adults. Results from this study indicate that although there ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2020-03-25)The goal of the current study is to investigate the neural mechanisms and time course of emotion and associations with individual differences in rumination in a sample of depressed adolescents. Rumination is the repetitive ...