Moderation
by pubertal status instead of age yielded slightly different results, that is, in the model with stress - reactive rumination, the relationship between negative cognitive style and depressive symptoms was stronger in adolescents who perceived their pubertal status as high, whereas age did not moderate this relationship.
Not exact matches
Hall says that the team is also stratifying the study group based on
pubertal status, hypothesizing that sex hormones may alter the dose - response, and
by children who have severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), noting that neurohormonal influences affect immune function after severe TBI.
These effects were qualified
by group ×
pubertal status interaction effects (P < 0.001, 30 voxels contiguity) indicating that, contrary to hypotheses, the relationship between
pubertal maturation and response to rejection in the left amygdala and caudate / sgACC was stronger among healthy controls than MDD youth.
This pattern of results, confirmed
by additional calculations described
by Cohen and Cohen (1983), indicated that
pubertal status was a suppressor variable.
The two - way interaction age (or
pubertal status)
by gender (included in all models under test) was not significant; whereas it would be expected that girls report more depressive symptoms as level of maturation (age /
pubertal status) increases compared to boys.
The
Pubertal Development Scale (Peterson et al., 1988) measures pubertal status and was completed by adol
Pubertal Development Scale (Peterson et al., 1988) measures
pubertal status and was completed by adol
pubertal status and was completed
by adolescents.
However, contrary to age, how
pubertal status is perceived and reported may also be influenced
by depressive symptoms.
Child - reported depression was assessed using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Interview and ratings of past - year life events and
pubertal status obtained
by maternal questionnaire and interview, respectively.