Executive functions and depressive symptomatology in a sample of 3th grade of primary
Abstract
Executive functions are the abilities that a person has to control, regulate and plan their own behavior. The study of executive functions has allowed us to identify that when there is an alteration, it can be associated with changes in the behavior and emotional regulation of a person such as depression, which is a public health problem due to its high prevalence among the population. For this reason, the objective of this study was to identify if there are alterations in executive functions in a sample of 3rd grade of primary school with the presence of depressive symptomatology. With a non-experimental, transversal, descriptive design, a sample of 11 children between 8 and 9 years old participated. The Child Depression Questionnaire (CDI) and the Neuropsychological Battery of Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes (BANFE-II) were used, which were applied in the sample after parental informed consent. It was found that the sample shows symptoms of depression at a moderate to severe level, while in executive functioning, most participants are in a normal diagnosis, so there are no alterations. It is concluded that in this sample of children there is no alteration of executive functions, so the symptoms of depression may be associated with other factors, therefore monitoring is required to identify the evolution of executive functions and the emotional response according to the growth of the child.
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