Highlights•HC users show greater emotional reactivity compared to NC females.•Distancing reduces negative affect in HC users compared to NC females.•HC users exhibit memory modulation for emotional images by emotion regulation. AbstractHormonal contraceptives (HCs) are widely used, yet their effects on emotional and cognitive processes remain poorly understood. This study examined how HC use may influence… Continue reading #Emotion regulation strategies differentially impact memory in #hormonal #contraceptive users
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Association of Use of Oral #Contraceptives With #Depressive Symptoms Among #Adolescents and Young Women
.. adolescent users (mean [SD] age, 16.5 [0.7] years) reported higher depressive symptom scores compared with their nonusing counterparts (mean [SD] age, 16.1 [0.6] years) (mean [SD] score, 0.40 [0.30] vs 0.33 [0.30]), which persisted after adjustment for age, socioeconomic status and ethnicity (β coefficient for interaction with age, –0.021; 95% CI, –0.038 to –0.005;… Continue reading Association of Use of Oral #Contraceptives With #Depressive Symptoms Among #Adolescents and Young Women