Psychosocial antecedents of depressive symptoms: An evaluation using daily experiences methodology

Author(s): Hokanson, J. E.

Journal/Book: J Abnormal Psychol. 1998; 107: 750 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Amer Psychological Assoc. 17-26.

Abstract: College students provided ratings regarding the intensity of depressive symptoms every day for 45 consecutive days. Participants also made daily ratings of the degree to which they experienced 3 psychosocial processes that have been theoretically linked to depression: dependency, negative cognitions, and interpersonal stress. Concomitant time-series analyses revealed significant temporal covariation of each psychosocial variable, with depressive symptoms for virtually all participants. Across-time analyses also revealed that elevations in interpersonal stress and feelings of dependency preceded, by 1 day, the onset of periods of intense depression, and that elevations in all 3 psychosocial variables were apparent 1 to 2 days after such episodes had ended. The findings suggest that a ''daily experiences methodology'' may be useful in identifying short-term antecedents and residuals of symptomatic states.

Note: Article Stader SR, Univ S Carolina, Sch Med, Dept Neuropsychiat & Behav Sci, William S Hall Psychiat Inst, Columbia,SC 29202 USA

Keyword(s): SELF-REPORT SCALE; LIFE STRESS; PERSONALITY; DISORDER; CONCOMITANTS; DIVORCE; EVENTS

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