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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Working memory is a key risk factor for internalizing problems like depression and anxiety.
  • The interplay between working memory, internalizing symptoms, and developmental factors like pubertal timing in daily life is not well understood.
  • Pubertal timing has lasting psychological impacts into adulthood, influencing vulnerability to mental health issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how gender and pubertal timing moderate the relationship between working memory and daily internalizing symptoms in adults.
  • To examine the day-to-day fluctuations and average levels of internalizing symptoms over 100 days.
  • To understand the gendered biopsychosocial contributions to internalizing problems.

Main Methods:

  • Intensive longitudinal study over 100 days with 91 adults.
  • Assessed trait working memory and retrospective pubertal timing.
  • Daily self-reports of anhedonic depression, anxious arousal, and general distress symptoms.

Main Results:

  • Daily internalizing symptoms were linked to cognitive and pubertal vulnerabilities in a gender-specific manner.
  • Late-maturing women with higher working memory reported lower distress and fewer fluctuations.
  • Early-maturing men with lower working memory reported greater fluctuations in distress and anxiety.

Conclusions:

  • Findings highlight gendered biopsychosocial factors in internalizing symptoms.
  • Daily symptom fluctuations are crucial for understanding internalizing problems.
  • Future research should adopt a lifespan perspective for informed treatment strategies.