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GapMinder Codebook

After looking through the codebook for the GapMinder study, i have decided that i particularly interested in mental health disorders. The variable i will use regarding depression is concentrated around its sources/reasons.

It strikes me that people with high intelligence are prone to depression and anxiety disorders more than others.

I decide that I am most interested in exploring the association between level of IQ and mental health disorders. Does a high level of IQ make a person more prone to mental health disorders? I add to my codebook variable reflecting mental health disorders level (e.g. source, frequency, scale and type)

A second topic that I would like to explore in terms of its association with mental health disorders is the effect of neuroticism on intelligence.

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Blog Entry:

Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-is-depression

Most common reasons of depression are abuse ( Past physical, sexual, or emotional abuse ), certain medications, conflict, death or a loss, genetics, major events (stressful life events), substance abuse, serious illnesses and more.https://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/causes-depression#

A survey conducted by a researcher on highly intelligence people with an IQ of about 132 or higher showed that they are more likely to suffer from a range of serious disorders. Highly intelligent people tend to overanalyze a situation and trigger his/her body’s stress response making the stress level increase. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/

Intelligence was inversely associated with psychological distress across cohorts since people with higher cognitive ability react with greater emotional and behavioral response to their environments .https://thriveworks.com/blog/higher-iq-increased-risk-for-mental-illness/

When it comes to Neuroticism, the relationship between intelligence and trait Neuroticism is mediated by test anxiety. Neuroticism was significantly correlated with intelligence for the high-anxiety group but not for the low-anxiety group.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886905002795

Therefore, highly intelligent people are more prone to mental disorders but that doesn’t mean that everyone suffering from common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety possess high level of IQ nor that highly intelligent people will all suffer from these mental health issues.

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