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Cognitive Mechanisms Reciprocally Transmit Vulnerability between Depressive and Somatic Symptoms
Joint Authors
Mezulis, Amy H.
Harding, Kaitlin A.
Murphy, Karly M.
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Despite high comorbidity between depressive and somatic symptoms, cognitive mechanisms that transmit vulnerability between symptom clusters are largely unknown.
Dampening, positive rumination, and brooding are three cognitive predictors of depression, with rumination theoretically indicated as a transdiagnostic vulnerability through amplifying and diminishing affect in response to events.
Specifically, the excess negative affect and lack of positive affect characteristic of depressive symptoms and underlying somatic symptoms may cause and be caused by cognitive responses to events.
Therefore, the current study examined whether comorbidity between depressive and somatic symptoms may be explained by the cognitive mechanisms of dampening and positive rumination in response to positive events and brooding in response to negative events among adults ( N = 321 ) across eight weeks of assessment.
We hypothesized that greater dampening and brooding would reciprocally predict greater depressive and somatic symptoms, while greater positive rumination would reciprocally predict fewer depressive and somatic symptoms.
Mediation analyses in AMOS 22 indicated that dampening and brooding mediated reciprocal pathways between depressive and somatic symptoms, but positive rumination did not.
Findings propose dampening and brooding as mechanisms of the reciprocal relationship between depressive and somatic symptoms through diminishing positive affect and amplifying negative affect in response to positive and negative events.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Harding, Kaitlin A.& Murphy, Karly M.& Mezulis, Amy H.. 2015. Cognitive Mechanisms Reciprocally Transmit Vulnerability between Depressive and Somatic Symptoms. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061122
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Harding, Kaitlin A.…[et al.]. Cognitive Mechanisms Reciprocally Transmit Vulnerability between Depressive and Somatic Symptoms. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061122
American Medical Association (AMA)
Harding, Kaitlin A.& Murphy, Karly M.& Mezulis, Amy H.. Cognitive Mechanisms Reciprocally Transmit Vulnerability between Depressive and Somatic Symptoms. Depression Research and Treatment. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061122
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1061122