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Young, Laura N. Winner, Ellen Cordes, Sara |
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Heightened Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents Involved in the Arts Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 7,2 (May 2013): 197-202. Also: http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2012-30260-001/ Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Activities, After School; Adolescent Behavior; CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Digit Span (also see Memory for Digit Span - WISC); Memory for Digit Span (WISC) - also see Digit Span; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) Studies have shown a higher than average incidence of mental illness in adult artists. We asked whether an association between symptoms of affective disorders and the arts is found as early as adolescence, using a sample of 2,482 15- to 16-year-old adolescents. Teens involved in afterschool arts had higher depressive symptom scores than those not involved, and the association between arts involvement and depressive symptoms held only for those scoring above the median in working memory test scores. We consider reasons for these findings, including the possibility that shared cognitive vulnerabilities may underlie both the depressive symptoms and increased arts practice, and that cognitive resources (working memory) facilitate the adaptive use of these vulnerabilities. |
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Young, Laura N., Ellen Winner and Sara Cordes. "Heightened Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents Involved in the Arts." Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 7,2 (May 2013): 197-202.
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