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Amanda M Mitchell1, Patrick Pössel
1Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. Amanda.Mitchell@louisville.edu
Abstract:
Limited research has explored the relationship between frontal brain activity and depression in adolescent boys. This study examined whether frontal brain activity predicted depressive symptoms in 41 adolescent boys one year later. A step-wise hierarchical regression analysis was conducted using frontal brain activity as predictors and depressive symptoms as the dependent variable, controlling for depressive symptoms at baseline. Results revealed that greater relative right-sided activity predicted depressive symptoms in adolescent boys one year later.
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