Depression Moderates the Relationship between Trait Anxiety, Worry and Attentional Control in Melanoma Survivors
Elizabeth J. Edwards, Khanh Linh Chu, Nikeith John, Mark S. Edwards, Michael Lyvers · 2023
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Elizabeth Edwards and four co-authors studied how anxiety, worry, and depression jointly shape attention in melanoma survivors, in this 2023 study. The sample held 187 survivors, mostly women, averaging about thirty-seven years old. Each completed measures of trait anxiety, cancer-related worry, depression, and attentional control, the skill of shutting out distractions and shifting focus.
An odd pattern emerged. Survivors with high anxiety and worry reported sharper attention when depression was low, yet worse attention when depression was high. In other words, depression flipped the sign of the anxiety effect. The authors say the twist gives clinicians a marker: treating depression may matter most where anxiety runs high. They also flag lessons for primary care follow-up.
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| CREATOR | Elizabeth J. Edwards, Khanh Linh Chu, Nikeith John, Mark S. Edwards, Michael Lyvers |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |