The developmental origins of cognitive vulnerability to depression: Temperament, parenting, and negative life events in childhood as contributors to negative cognitive style.

This study examined the role of childhood negative life events and parental inferential feedback in the development of cognitive vulnerability to depression. Students with negative cognitive styles, previously shown to be at high cognitive risk for depression, were predicted to have a greater history of negative childhood life events and negative parental inferential feedback than were students at low cognitive risk for depression. It was further predicted that parental inferential feedback would moderate the relationship between negative childhood life events and cognitive risk for depression. Finally, the associations between subsets of childhood negative life events and cognitive risk for depression were examined. No significant main effects were found for childhood negative life events or parental inferential feedback. The interaction of these 2 variables was significantly associated with cognitive risk status. Specifically, high levels of negative childhood life events in combination with negative maternal inferential feedback were associated with students’ cognitive risk for depression. When the negative childhood life events were divided into subsets, no main effects or interactions were found.

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Prospective evaluation of a cognitive vulnerability-stress model for depression: the interaction of schema self-structures and negative life events

Journal of Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1002/jclp.20723 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 66 (12) ◽

pp. 1307-1323 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Pamela M. Seeds ◽

David J.A. Dozois

Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Cognitive Vulnerability ◽

Negative Life Events ◽

Stress Model ◽

Prospective Evaluation

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Negative life events and cognitive vulnerability to depression: Informant effects and sex differences in the prediction of depressive symptoms in middle childhood

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2012.09.007 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 463-468 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sarah V.M. Mackrell ◽

Emily M. Johnson ◽

David J.A. Dozois ◽

Elizabeth P. Hayden

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Life Events ◽

Middle Childhood ◽

Cognitive Vulnerability ◽

Negative Life Events ◽

Informant Effects

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Negative Life Events Associated With Deliberate Self-Harm in an African Population in Uganda

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910.26.1.4 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 4-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

E. Kinyanda ◽

H. Hjelmeland ◽

S. Musisi

Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Negative Life Events ◽

Life Time ◽

Later Life ◽

Dose Effect ◽

Deliberate Self Harm ◽

Time Period ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Self Harm ◽

Suicide Interventions

Abstract. Negative life events associated with deliberate self-harm (DSH) were investigated in an African context in Uganda. Patients admitted at three general hospitals in Kampala, Uganda were interviewed using a Luganda version (predominant language in the study area) of the European Parasuicide Study Interview Schedule I. The results of the life events and histories module are reported in this paper. The categories of negative life events in childhood that were significantly associated with DSH included those related to parents, significant others, personal events, and the total negative life events load in childhood. For the later-life time period, the negative life events load in the partner category and the total negative life events in this time period were associated with DSH. In the last-year time period, the negative life events load related to personal events and the total number of negative life events in this time period were associated with DSH. A statistically significant difference between the cases and controls for the total number of negative life events reported over the entire lifetime of the respondents was also observed, which suggests a dose effect of negative life events on DSH. Gender differences were also observed among the cases. In conclusion, life events appear to be an important factor in DSH in this cultural environment. The implication of these results for treatment and the future development of suicide interventions in this country are discussed.

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