An Experience-Sampling Study of Depressive Symptoms and Their Social Context
| Autor: | Leslie H. Brown, Thomas R. Kwapil, Timothy J. Strauman, Þ Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Paul J. Silvia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Self-assessment Self-Assessment medicine.medical_specialty Experience sampling method Adolescent Social Environment Sampling Studies Life Change Events Young Adult Social support Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Young adult Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Subclinical infection Depression Social Support Social environment Anhedonia Psychiatry and Mental health Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 199:403-409 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3018 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/nmd.0b013e31821cd24b |
| Popis: | Both clinical and subclinical depression are associated with social impairment; however, few studies have examined the impact of social contact in the daily lives of people with depressive symptoms. The current study used the experience-sampling methodology to examine associations between depressive symptoms, social contact, and daily life impairment in 197 young adults. Depressive symptoms were associated with increased isolation, negative affect, anhedonia, and physical symptoms, decreased positive affect, and social and cognitive impairment in daily life. For people with more depressive symptoms, being with social partners who were perceived as close was associated with greater decreases in negative affect, as well as increases in positive affect. Ironically, participants with depressive symptoms reported spending less time with people whom they perceived as close, minimizing the protective effects of socializing. These results suggest that people experiencing depressive symptoms may be especially sensitive to the nature of social interactions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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