Publications by authors named "Yusha Gong"

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  • This study looked at how childhood trauma and resilience are connected to depression in boys and girls.
  • They found that girls are more affected by trauma when it comes to depression compared to boys.
  • The research suggests that different approaches are needed to help boys and girls deal with depression related to their childhood experiences.
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Background: Polygenic risk score (PRS) is a method of revealing multiple genes effect. The study of PRS and childhood trauma (CT) and resilience on adolescent depressive symptoms are fewer reported, especially the functional mechanism of resilience among them.

Methods: 718 Chinese adolescents aged 10-14 years were surveyed including CT, resilience, depressive symptoms, and phenotype data in three years of the cohort study.

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Objective: To investigate the relationships among personality traits, resilience and depressive symptoms of primary and high school students.

Methods: Totally 6019 students aged 10-17 from 5 primary schools(grades 5-6), 3 junior middle schools(grades 7-9) and 2 senior high schools(grade 1) years were selected by cluster sampling in Wuhan, from September 2015 to January 2016. Among them, there were 2420 primary school students, 2912 junior high school students and 687 senior high school students.

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Background: Previous gene-environment studies on depression have examined the interaction between FKBP5 gene and childhood trauma, but the results are inconsistent and few studies have focused on Asian adolescents. Psychological resilience may explain for the inconsistency. We examined the interaction between FKBP5 gene and childhood trauma on depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents, and firstly explored the moderating role of resilience in the relationship.

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Background: Various studies showed that personality traits and resilience might have impacts on depressive symptoms, separately. However, the relationships among personality traits, resilience and depressive symptoms are still undefined. Thus, this study tried to explore the potential effect of resilience on the associations between personality traits and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents.

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Objective: To investigate the prevalence of early trauma and resilience among adolescents in Wuhan, and explore the relationship between early trauma and resilience.

Methods: Totally 4871 students aged 10-16 years were chosen by cluster sampling in Wuhan city from September to October 2015. All subjects completed self-report questionnaires, including general information, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire( CTQ), and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale( CD-RISC).

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