Poor cognitive control is associated with nearly every mental disorder and has been
proposed as a transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology, including depression and …

Abstract Purpose of Review We synthesize theories proposing complex relations between
cognitive functioning and anxiety-related concepts. We evaluate vulnerability theories …

Highlights•Depression is characterized by disordered affect and difficulties in emotion
regulation.•We examine cognitive processes that may underlie emotion dysregulation and …

Individuals in a major depressive episode often display impairment in cognitive control, and
this impairment exists outside of the acute phase of illness. Impairment in cognitive control …

Highlights•There are few behavioral effects during cognitive control tasks in depression and
anxiety.•There is strong evidence for brain processing alterations in depression and …

Impaired cognitive control may be an important vulnerability factor for depression. Moreover,
impairments in cognitive control have been proposed as a crucial process underlying …

The present short-term longitudinal study examined the concurrent and prospective relations
among executive functioning (ie, working memory and cognitive flexibility), coping (primary …

Studies suggest that cognitive control training shows potential as a preventive intervention
for depression. At the same time, little is known regarding the mechanisms underlying effects …

Aim Impairment in neuropsychological functioning is common in major depressive disorder
(MDD), but it is not clear to what degree these deficits are related to risk (eg trait), scar …

Background and objectives: Attention control deficits and repetitive negative thinking (RNT;
ie, rumination) may be key factors in the development and persistence of depression and …