Study Reveals People Who Are Inhibited In Childhood Are More Likely To Develop Depression In Early Adulthood

By Preeti Singh Updated October 28, 2022 12:51 PM

Well, as an introvert, I know the feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act or behave in a relaxed and natural way. And I was okay with it till I read this study which was published in JAMA Psychiatry. The findings of the new study revealed that people who are more inhibited in early childhood are more likely to develop depression in early adulthood.

The new imaging study led by a scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas discovered early risk variables associated with the kid’s temperament and the neurological mechanisms that could predict whether a person will develop depression and anxiety in future and early adulthood. The study, which was published in October followed a group of nearly 165 people from the age of four months to the age of 26 between 1989 and 1993. Dr Alva Tang, the study’s corresponding author, discovered that people who are more inhibited in their early childhood or do not respond typically to potential rewards as adolescents are more likely to develop depression later in their adulthood than anxiety.

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Dr Alva Tang said that the findings of the study highlight the different mechanisms in the brain and relate them to who is at higher risk for developing different mental health issues. Tang said that people who have an anxiety disorder are more likely to have depression later in life. She further added that inhibited children are more likely to have anxiety disorders, particularly social anxiety and it begins in later childhood to early adolescence.

She further added that the results of the study could help in the development of treatments.

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This medical research is unique as it focuses on a person’s early temperamental risks and it can also separate different kinds of brain correlates for different conditions, Dr Tang said.