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Title: Intelligence in Youth and Mental Health at Age 50
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Wraw, Christina Deary, Ian J. Der, Geoff Gale, Catharine R. |
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Intelligence in Youth and Mental Health at Age 50 Intelligence 58 (September-October 2016): 69-79. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616300356 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Intelligence; Sleep; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Background: Few cognitive epidemiology studies on mental health have focused on the links between pre-morbid intelligence and self-reports of common mental disorders, such as depression, sleep difficulties, and mental health status. The current study examines these associations in 50-year-old adults. Methods: The study uses data from the 5793 participants in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (NLSY-79) who responded to questions on mental health at age 50 and had IQ measured with the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) when they were aged between 15 and 23 years in 1980. Mental health outcomes were: life-time diagnosis of depression; the mental component score of the 12-item short-form Health Survey (SF-12); the 7-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D); and a summary measure of sleep difficulty. |
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Wraw, Christina, Ian J. Deary, Geoff Der and Catharine R. Gale. "Intelligence in Youth and Mental Health at Age 50." Intelligence 58 (September-October 2016): 69-79.
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