Explanatory Flexibility and Negative Life Events Interact to Predict Depression Symptoms

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Fresco ◽  
Nina K. Rytwinski ◽  
Linda W. Craighead
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Explanatory Flexibility

Expanding our understanding of the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms in black and white adolescent girls

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1319-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEBRA L. FRANKO ◽  
RUTH H. STRIEGEL-MOORE ◽  
KATHLEEN M. BROWN ◽  
BRUCE A. BARTON ◽  
ROBERT P. McMAHON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
White Female ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Domains Of Life ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
The Relationship

Background. Little is known about the extent to which negative life events predict depressive symptoms in ethnically diverse groups or whether this relationship is proximal or enduring.Method. The relationship between negative life events in adolescence and depressive symptoms in young adulthood was studied in a sample of over 1300 black and white female adolescents. Five domains of life events were assessed at age 16 years and depressive symptoms were measured at age 18 and again at age 21 years. Questions of interest included whether the association continued over time and whether there were specific domains of life events that predicted symptoms better than others.Results. The total number of negative life events at time 1 predicted depressive symptoms at both time 2 and time 3. Interpersonal loss events and other adversities, however, predicted depressive symptoms only at time 2, whereas at time 3, only interpersonal trauma was a significant predictor. No ethnic differences were found, indicating that the relationship between life events and depressive symptoms appears to be similar for black and white adolescent girls.Conclusions. The results suggest that negative life events and some specific type of stressors increase the likelihood of the onset of depression symptoms in future years, for both black and white girls. Early preventive efforts should be directed at adolescents who experience loss due to death of a significant other, traumatic events, and psychosocial adversities to forestall the development of depressive symptoms.

A Causal Model of Hopelessness Depression in Chinese Undergraduate Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-Zhi Feng ◽  
Hong Yi
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Stress Component ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Hopelessness Theory ◽  
Hopelessness Depression ◽  
Mediational Role

The diathesis-stress component hypothesis and the mediational role of hopelessness proposed by the hopelessness theory of depression were tested using data from a 16-week longitudinal study of Chinese university undergraduates. Participants (N = 240) completed self-report measures assessing attributional style, negative life events, hopelessness, and hopelessness depression symptoms at 3 time points. The diathesis-stress hypothesis was tested using the latent growth curve model and results showed that as postulated in the hopelessness theory, depressogenic attributional style predicted hopelessness depression following the occurrence of negative life events. Specifically, hopelessness played a partial mediating role in the etiological chain of hopelessness depression.

scholarly journals Network analysis of the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms in the left-behind children

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuiliang Li ◽  
Yu Guang ◽  
Lei Ren ◽  
Xiaoqing Zhan ◽  
Xuejiao Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background There are 68.77 million left-behind children in China, who are at a great risk of depression associated with negative life events. Our study aims to investigate the most central symptoms of depression in left-behind children and the relationship between depressive symptoms and negative life events using network analysis. Method A cross-sectional data set (N = 7255) was used, which included children and adolescents aged 7 to 17. Network analysis was used to evaluate: 1) the most central symptoms among the items included in Child Depression Inventory (CDI) of the left-behind children; 2) bridge symptoms between depressive disorder and Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC) of the left-behind children; 3) differences in networks of depressive disorders between left-behind and non-left-behind children, and 4) differences in the network of depression and negative life events between left-behind and non-left-behind children. The stability and centrality indices of the network were also evaluated in the study. Results The most central symptoms in the CDI among the left-behind children included self-hatred, crying, fatigue, and sadness. The items with the highest bridge strength centrality in the CDI-ASLEC network included academic stress, discrimination, and school performance decrement. Higher bridge strength values indicate a greater risk of contagion to other communities. The connections in the CDI-ASLEC network are denser in the left-behind children than in non-left-behind children. Limitations The study which was conducted based on cross-sectional data shows that network analysis can only make undirected estimation, but not causal inferences. Conclusions We identified the core symptoms of depression and the bridge symptoms between negative life events and depression in the left-behind children. These findings suggest that more attention should be paid to self-hatred, sadness, and fatigue in the treatment of depression in left-behind children. Intervention for academic stress and discrimination of the left-behind children may help to reduce the contagion of negative life events to depression symptoms.

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

Crisis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11 ◽  
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.

Spirituality in Relation to Negative Life Events, Coping, and Traumatic Impact

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillary Van Horn ◽  
Marcia Webb ◽  
Sarah A. Chickering ◽  
Kristin Hedden ◽  
Amelia Jane Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Traumatic Impact

Association between negative life events and morbidity in homeless seeking treatment for substance abuse in Greenland

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Birgit V. Niclasen ◽  
Eeva-Liisa Røssell Johansen ◽  
Ulrik Becker ◽  
Anette Søgaard Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events

Prevalence, Co-Occurrence, and Correlates of Substance and Behavioral Addictions Among American Indian Adolescents in California

2021 ◽  
pp. 004723792110170
Author(s):  
Steve Sussman ◽  
Jennifer B. Unger ◽  
Cynthia Begay ◽  
Lou Moerner ◽  
Claradina Soto
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Behavioral Addictions ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Indian Adolescents ◽  
American Indian Adolescents

The present study investigated the prevalence and co-occurrence of addictions to tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, food/eating, the internet, texting, video games, shopping, love, sex, exercise, work, and gambling among American Indian (AI) youth in California. As with previous work in other cultural groups, the most prevalent addictions were love, internet, and exercise, though prevalence and co-occurrence of these addictions were relatively high among AI youth. A negative life events measure was associated with all the addictions, suggesting that life stressors are associated with high rates of multiple types of addictions among AI youth. There is a need for more research to better understand the relations of life stressors with multiple addictions among AI youth as well as how to remediate these behaviors.

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