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An experience-sampling study of depressive symptoms and their social context.

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Brown, LH; Strauman, T; Barrantes-Vidal, N; Silvia, PJ; Kwapil, TR
Published in: The Journal of nervous and mental disease
June 2011

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.

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Published In

The Journal of nervous and mental disease

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EISSN

1539-736X

ISSN

0022-3018

Publication Date

June 2011

Volume

199

Issue

6

Start / End Page

403 / 409

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Social Support
  • Social Environment
  • Self-Assessment
  • Sampling Studies
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Life Change Events
  • Humans
 

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Brown, L. H., Strauman, T., Barrantes-Vidal, N., Silvia, P. J., & Kwapil, T. R. (2011). An experience-sampling study of depressive symptoms and their social context. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199(6), 403–409. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0b013e31821cd24b
Brown, Leslie H., Timothy Strauman, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Paul J. Silvia, and Thomas R. Kwapil. “An experience-sampling study of depressive symptoms and their social context.The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 199, no. 6 (June 2011): 403–9. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0b013e31821cd24b.
Brown LH, Strauman T, Barrantes-Vidal N, Silvia PJ, Kwapil TR. An experience-sampling study of depressive symptoms and their social context. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2011 Jun;199(6):403–9.
Brown, Leslie H., et al. “An experience-sampling study of depressive symptoms and their social context.The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 199, no. 6, June 2011, pp. 403–09. Epmc, doi:10.1097/nmd.0b013e31821cd24b.
Brown LH, Strauman T, Barrantes-Vidal N, Silvia PJ, Kwapil TR. An experience-sampling study of depressive symptoms and their social context. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2011 Jun;199(6):403–409.

Published In

The Journal of nervous and mental disease

DOI

EISSN

1539-736X

ISSN

0022-3018

Publication Date

June 2011

Volume

199

Issue

6

Start / End Page

403 / 409

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Social Support
  • Social Environment
  • Self-Assessment
  • Sampling Studies
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Life Change Events
  • Humans