Zhang Qiaochu
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Dev Psychopathol. 2025 May;37(2):633-644. doi: 10.1017/S0954579424000385. Epub 2024 Mar 5.
Trait anxiety and attentional control are important factors related to depression symptoms. The study investigated how trait anxiety and attentional control predicted the trajectories of depression symptoms during the transition into early adolescence. The mediating effect of attentional control on the relationship of trait anxiety to the trajectories of depression symptoms was also examined. Children of 9 to 10 years were recruited at Time 1. Trait anxiety, attentional control, and depression symptoms were assessed at Time 1. Depression symptoms were measured at three follow-up assessments across 18 months. Latent class growth modeling revealed high (14.4%) and low (85.6%) trajectories of depression symptoms. Higher trait anxiety and lower attentional control predicted a higher likelihood of showing the trajectory of high depressive symptoms. Attentional control mediated the relationship of trait anxiety to the trajectory membership of depression symptoms. The findings had important implications for the association of trait anxiety with the trajectory membership of depression symptoms and highlighted the importance of attentional control in the development of depression symptoms for children with high trait anxiety.
特质焦虑和注意力控制是与抑郁症状相关的重要因素。该研究调查了特质焦虑和注意力控制如何预测向青春期早期过渡期间抑郁症状的轨迹。还检验了注意力控制在特质焦虑与抑郁症状轨迹关系中的中介作用。在时间1招募了9至10岁的儿童。在时间1评估特质焦虑、注意力控制和抑郁症状。在18个月的三次随访评估中测量抑郁症状。潜在类别增长模型揭示了抑郁症状的高（14.4%）和低（85.6%）轨迹。较高的特质焦虑和较低的注意力控制预示着出现高抑郁症状轨迹的可能性更高。注意力控制介导了特质焦虑与抑郁症状轨迹类别归属的关系。这些发现对于特质焦虑与抑郁症状轨迹类别归属的关联具有重要意义，并强调了注意力控制在特质焦虑高的儿童抑郁症状发展中的重要性。
