Sullivan, SA;
Thompson, A;
Kounali, D;
Lewis, G;
Zammit, S;
(2017)
The longitudinal association between external locus of control, social cognition and adolescent psychopathology.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
, 52
pp. 643-655.
10.1007/s00127-017-1359-z.
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Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the longitudinal associations between social cognitive ability an external locus of control (externality) and adolescent psychopathology. METHODS: 7058 participants from a prospective population-based cohort provided data on externality, social communication, and emotion perception between 7 and 16 years and psychotic experiences and depressive symptoms at 12 and 18 years. Bivariate probit modelling was used to investigate associations between these risk factors and psychopathological outcomes. RESULTS: Externality was associated with psychopathology at 12 (psychotic experiences OR 1.23 95% CI 1.14, 1.33; depression OR 1.12 95% CI 1.02, 1.22) and 18 years (psychotic experiences OR 1.38 95% CI 1.23, 1.55; depression OR 1.40 95% CI 1.28, 1.52). Poor social communication was associated with depression at both ages (12 years OR 1.22 95% CI 1.11, 1.34; 18 years OR 1.21 95% CI 1.10, 1.33) and marginally associated with psychotic experiences. There was marginal evidence of a larger association between externality and psychotic experiences at 12 years (p = 0.06) and between social communication and depression at 12 years (p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Externality was more strongly associated with psychotic experiences. At 18 years change in externality, between 8 and 16 years were associated with a larger increase in the risk of depression. Poor social communication was more strongly associated with depression.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The longitudinal association between external locus of control, social cognition and adolescent psychopathology |
| Location: | Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00127-017-1359-z |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1359-z |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | ALSPAC, Depressive symptoms, Psychotic experiences, Social communication |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1549045 |
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