Francesco Bavato , Lena Mehnert , Erich Seifritz , Malek Bajbouj , Simone Grimm , Boris B. Quednow
{"title":"Acute neuroaxonal remodelling after electroconvulsive treatment in patients with major depressive disorder: A pilot study","authors":"Francesco Bavato , Lena Mehnert , Erich Seifritz , Malek Bajbouj , Simone Grimm , Boris B. Quednow","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100842","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100842","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a novel blood marker of neuroaxonal integrity, which is altered in some psychiatric disorders including MDD. Prior studies reported no long-term impact of ECT on NfL levels, but the acute effects are unclear yet. Therefore, we investigated serum NfL levels from 19 single ECT sessions in 13 patients with MDD. We found an acute increase in NfL levels post-ECT (Cohen's d=0.45), suggesting transient cytoskeletal remodelling in axons. Further research is needed to ascertain if these transient changes correspond to treatment response or side effects such as cognitive impairment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100842"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barzan Soleimani , Kamran Yazdanbakhsh , Anvar Dastbaz
{"title":"Cognitive defusion as a mediator in the autobiographical memory and metacognitive awareness pathway to problem-solving in borderline personality disorder","authors":"Barzan Soleimani , Kamran Yazdanbakhsh , Anvar Dastbaz","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100837","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100837","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Problem-solving ability is influenced by numerous cognitive factors. However, a significant research gap exists regarding the mediating role of cognitive defusion in the relationship between autobiographical memory (AM) and metacognitive awareness with problem-solving. Given the critical role of problem-solving, this study aimed to model the relationship between AM and metacognitive awareness with problem-solving, considering the mediating role of cognitive defusion in individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>The study population comprised all individuals with BPD referred to counseling centers and psychiatric clinics in Kurdistan province. A sample of 300 individuals diagnosed with BPD according to the DSM-V and willing to participate was selected. All data were collected using self-report questionnaires.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Path analysis results indicated that AM and metacognitive awareness had a significant positive direct effect on both problem-solving and cognitive defusion. Additionally, cognitive defusion significantly mediated the relationships between AM and metacognitive awareness with problem-solving.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These findings provide evidence for the significant roles of AM and metacognitive awareness in problem-solving, with cognitive defusion acting as a crucial mediating factor in individuals with BPD. these results offer valuable insights for both theoretical understanding and clinical interventions, which could enhance problem-solving skills in individuals with BPD by strengthening cognitive defusion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100837"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142323156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
George J. Karambelas , Kelly A. Allott , Linda K. Byrne , Anuradhi Jayasinghe , Melissa Hasty , Craig Macneil , Amity E. Watson , Kate Filia , Sue M. Cotton
{"title":"A comparison of challenging and positive caregiving experiences for caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders","authors":"George J. Karambelas , Kelly A. Allott , Linda K. Byrne , Anuradhi Jayasinghe , Melissa Hasty , Craig Macneil , Amity E. Watson , Kate Filia , Sue M. Cotton","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100840","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100840","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Caregivers of people with serious mental illness experience challenges that may affect their mental health. Few researchers have explored whether positive or negative caregiver experiences differ due to disorder characteristics of the person receiving care. We aimed to determine whether caregiver appraisals and psychological functioning differed between caregivers of those diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum (SSD) and bipolar disorder (BD).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Caregivers of people with SSD and BD participated in an online self-report survey assessing appraisals, distress, anxiety, depression, and psychological wellbeing. Independent samples <em>t</em>-tests and multivariate generalised linear models determined group differences, and Pearson correlation coefficients and Fisher <em>z-</em>score transformations determined differences in the strength of correlations between groups.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>108 caregivers participated in the study. Caregivers of people with SSD reported significantly greater negative appraisals of the care recipient's negative symptoms and dependency. Caregivers did not differ on positive appraisals. Both groups reported moderate distress, mild anxiety and depression, and moderate psychological wellbeing, but did not differ. Higher negative caregiver appraisals were more strongly associated with higher distress, anxiety and depression, and lower psychological wellbeing, for caregivers of those with SSD than BD.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>Small between group sample sizes, and analyses may have been moderated by significant demographic differences between groups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Caregivers can experience difficulties associated with their role, and some differences may be attributed to the care recipient's disorder. Future research and interventions should consider specific disorder characteristics, such as symptom profiles, to better support caregivers in having their specific needs addressed whilst themselves providing care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100840"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324001264/pdfft?md5=fda22b9884751b721db5e34e00d71cf0&pid=1-s2.0-S2666915324001264-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ran Yan , Natasha Chaku , Nestor L. Lopez-Duran , Patricia J. Deldin , Adriene M. Beltz
{"title":"Gender matters for daily depression: Symptom fluctuations and links to self-expression","authors":"Ran Yan , Natasha Chaku , Nestor L. Lopez-Duran , Patricia J. Deldin , Adriene M. Beltz","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100839","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100839","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Depression is a global health burden, disproportionately affecting women. A lack of contextual, real-life assessments considering the oft-gendered context (e.g., expression) of daily symptom fluctuations may contribute to this disparity. The current study examines: a) gender differences in daily depressive symptoms – and fluctuations; and b) daily links between self-perceived gender expression and depressive symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Established adults (<em>N</em> = 96; <em>M<sub>age</sub></em> = 28.19, <em>SD<sub>age</sub></em> = 8.43) participated in an ecologically-valid multi-wave 100-day intensive longitudinal study. They reported daily on their depressive symptoms, and on their self-expression in the final study wave. Gender differences in daily symptoms fluctuations (intraindividual standard deviations) and their links to gender expression (person-specific residualized correlations) were examined.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Women experienced greater day-to-day symptom fluctuations than men, after accounting for the gender difference in baseline symptoms (<em>b</em> = -0.05; 95 % CI: [-0.093, -0.012]). Results from a subsample (<em>n</em> = 28) showed that daily links between gender expression and depressive symptoms were heterogeneous: For 38.5 % of men and 53.3 % of women, daily increases in congruent gender expressions (i.e., masculine for men and feminine for women) corresponded with daily symptom decreases, but many individuals (46.4 %) did not show meaningful relations.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Results highlight the utility of intensive longitudinal approaches for the study of depression and, for some people, the daily psychological relations with gender self-perceptions. Results also emphasize heterogeneity in depression etiology and the need for personalized basic and applied science.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>Future research on individuals with varying gender identities and clinical experiences is needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100839"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ehraz Anis , LeAnn Smart , Colt Capan , Cameron Forton , Martha L Escobar Galvis , Qiong Sha , Eric Achtyes , Lena Brundin
{"title":"Herpes simplex reactivation triggers symptom exacerbation in patients with major depressive disorder","authors":"Ehraz Anis , LeAnn Smart , Colt Capan , Cameron Forton , Martha L Escobar Galvis , Qiong Sha , Eric Achtyes , Lena Brundin","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100838","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100838","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection has been linked to depression, but the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. We hypothesized that recurring HSV infection could exacerbate depressive symptomatology via activation of the immune response and the kynurenine pathway in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>32 MDD patients and 17 psychiatrically healthy individuals with a history of HSV recurrence were enrolled into the study. Blood samples were obtained, and psychiatric symptom severity was assessed at three separate visits- asymptomatic, active infection, and follow-up. Plasma levels of tryptophan metabolite levels were measured using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and inflammation-associated proteins were measured using high sensitivity electrochemiluminescence.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There was a significant effect of infection recurrence on IFN-γ and sICAM-1 levels, the latter being influenced by MDD diagnosis. This indicates that the effect of infection on sICAM-1 levels differs between control and depressed groups, although post hoc analysis suggests that interaction effect might be subtle. Infection recurrence had a significant effect on the reactivity of psychiatric symptoms. Finally, there was a positive correlation between levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 and IL-13 and depression severity in the cohort during infection recurrence.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>Relatively small sample size, limited number of male participants, and the relatively weak inflammatory stimuli studied.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>MDD patients might react with an exacerbation of symptoms along with elevations of inflammatory markers during HSV recurrence. Further, the association with symptom severity indicates that therapeutic modulation of inflammation may be beneficial in patients with MDD, especially during active infections.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100838"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142323158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of family caregivers keeping a “Good Things Diary of Caregiving” on mental health, caregiving burden, and positive evaluations of caregiving: A randomized controlled trial","authors":"Takeshi Kurinobu , Akitoshi Tomita , Ryo Matsukuma","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100830","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100830","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>We explored the impact of writing a “Good Things Diary (GTDiary) of Caregiving” on family caregivers’ mental health and their evaluation of caregiving roles.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>We analyzed data from 27 Japanese caregivers for their parents recruited through crowdsourcing. We randomly assigned the participants to one of two groups: the GTDiary of Caregiving group (15 participants) or the Control Diary of Caregiving group (12 participants). We instructed both groups to write a diary for 14 days. Pre- and post-diary questionnaires assessed participants’ well-being, caregiving burden, positive evaluations of caregiving, and stress levels.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We observed significant improvements in well-being and positive evaluations of caregiving only in the GTDiary of Caregiving group, which had higher well-being and more positive evaluations of caregiving after keeping the diary. However, both groups experienced reductions in caregiving burden and stress.</p></div><div><h3>Limitation</h3><p>Our group of participants included children and stepchildren of caregivers since we made use of crowdsourcing services. Additionally, this study had a mostly male representation among participants, which does not match with the higher occurrence of female family caregivers in Japan. Consequently, the study's participants may not fully reflect the broader population of family caregivers.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Writing a caregiving diary helps family caregivers reduce their perceived burden and stress. Focusing on “good things” in caregiving elevates their perception of positive aspects and enhances well-being.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100830"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324001161/pdfft?md5=1f82936803d27ef840d0d849ee9ccc5f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666915324001161-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142050394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nur Asyikin Yakub , Syed Faraz Ali , Nik Daliana Nik Farid , Nurul Izzah Shari , Siti Aisyah Panatik
{"title":"A systematic review comparing pre-post COVID-19 pandemic parenting style and mental health-related factors","authors":"Nur Asyikin Yakub , Syed Faraz Ali , Nik Daliana Nik Farid , Nurul Izzah Shari , Siti Aisyah Panatik","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Parenting stress has grown dramatically as a result of the pandemic, according to a systematic analysis that compared parenting styles and mental health-related factors before and during COVID-19. Regarding the COVID-19 epidemic, parents reported feeling more stressed. This included anxiety about their kids' health and safety, financial hardships, and interruptions to their regular routines and support networks. Furthermore, the analysis revealed that the pandemic had a detrimental effect on parents' mental health, with greater rates of anxiety, sadness, and overall psychological distress among parents. These findings demonstrate the intricate interactions that exist between personal variables and exogenous stressors like the pandemic that affect parenting stress. The COVID-19 pandemic and other external stressors, financial hardships, and marital status are only a few of the variables that might affect parenting stress overall. Consequently, while analyzing parenting stress, creating parent support interventions, and contrasting pre- and post-COVID-19 patterns, it is imperative to take these diverse elements into account.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>This study includes material from three well-known databases that are used by scholars all around the world: Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), and Google Scholar. The records were screened during the review process using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) methodology.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We evaluated 10,053 abstracts and titles found through Google Scholar and database searches. After a complete text screening of 253 publications, 18 research were included in our study. According to the data retrieved from every database, the research questions in this study are multidisciplinary in nature, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of healthcare and the development of new healthcare technologies. The most prevalent discipline is psychology, which is followed by medicine, social sciences, environmental sciences, and the arts and humanities. Additionally, for each year between 2018 and 2023, a clear change in the publishing and citation trends is apparent. With a total of 8 publications, 2022 notably has the most publications ever recorded. In 2020, citations from five publications reached their high, indicating a peak in citation scores. The meta-analysis from all highlighted studies indicated a significant influence of parenting style on parental well-being. However, they also noted additional psychological and social factors contributing to parental mental health. Some studies examined the mental health of both parents collectively, while others focused on individual mothers and fathers. Moreover, COVID-19 significantly impacted parenting style, parental stress, and caregivers' mental health, leading to noticeable shifts compared to pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>As a whol","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100826"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324001124/pdfft?md5=12a5521b8027e10b2e9c63c429a25b47&pid=1-s2.0-S2666915324001124-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142232150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas Murphy , Grace Pham , Andreas Weyland , Julia Engelhardt , George Kypriotakis , Ynhi T. Thomas , Thomas R. Kosten , Nidal Moukaddam , Sanjay J. Mathew , Alan C. Swann
{"title":"Lithium reduces impulsive decision making in transdiagnostic patients at high risk for suicide attempt recurrence: A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study","authors":"Nicholas Murphy , Grace Pham , Andreas Weyland , Julia Engelhardt , George Kypriotakis , Ynhi T. Thomas , Thomas R. Kosten , Nidal Moukaddam , Sanjay J. Mathew , Alan C. Swann","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100833","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100833","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Studies attempting to distinguish suicide attempters from ideators have found that impulsivity is consistently associated with attempts across the spectrum of suicidal behavior from self-harm to lethal suicidal behavior. Impulsivity is readily assessed using complementary clinical and laboratory measures, making it a viable target for pharmacological strategies to prevent suicide risk. Lithium reduces suicidal behavior across diagnoses, and has been implicated in the reduction of impulsivity triggered by stress mediated phosphatidylinositol turnover. We used a placebo controlled cross-over design to study the effects of repeated lithium dosing on risk factors predisposing to suicidal behavior.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>15 patients with a recent (past year) medically severe suicide attempt (MSSA) (37.5% male, 40.13 ± 13.66 years) received lithium carbonate and matching pill placebo separately in a randomized double-blind crossover design administered six weeks apart. To test the effect of lithium on measures of impulsivity and arousal, participants completed the Immediate Memory Task (IMT), Internal State Scale (ISS), and the Time Perception Task (TPT). We conducted separate analyses for each variable using repeated measures analysis of covariance.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Lithium dosing was associated with increased IMT response latency (<em>p</em> <em>=</em> <em>.017, pη<sup>2</sup></em> <em>=</em> <em>0.23),</em> and decision bias (<em>p</em> <em>=</em> .048, pη2 <em>=</em> 0.21). Lithium did not significantly alter time perception or activation.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our results suggest that lithium may reduce risk in MSSA survivors by increasing the response latency and increasing conservative response bias during decision-making. Future studies should conduct long-term follow-ups with adjunct behavioral therapy with lithium on factors contributing to suicidal behavior.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100833"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324001197/pdfft?md5=8f5da84070c07a9fa8660654f2afc156&pid=1-s2.0-S2666915324001197-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142058450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of early maladaptive schemas in late adolescents suffering from school burnout and depressive symptoms","authors":"Annelies Van Royen, Laura Wante, Caroline Braet","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100815","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The present study aims to distinguish school burnout from depressive symptoms in late adolescents between 17 and 21 years old by exploring their underlying early maladaptive schemas (EMS).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The cross-sectional sample (T1) consisted of 514 secondary and higher education students between 17 and 21 years old (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 19.06 (1.10), 80.9% female). Five months later (T2), 190 adolescents participated in the follow-up measurement (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 19.45 (1.18), 81.6% female).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Positive correlations were found between all EMS and school burnout symptoms. When controlling for school burnout symptoms at T1, only the EMS `emotional deprivation', `mistrust', `defectiveness', `social isolation', `failure', `enmeshment', and `emotional inhibition' displayed significant positive associations with school burnout at T2. The EMS `mistrust', `defectiveness' and `failure' showed relations to both school burnout and depressive symptoms. Backwards linear regressions showed that the EMS `vulnerability to harm/illness' and `insufficient self-control' were uniquely related to school burnout symptoms when controlling for depressive symptoms, while the EMS `dependence', `emotional deprivation', `self-sacrifice' and `unrelenting standards' were uniquely related to depressive symptoms while controlling for school burnout symptoms.</p></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><p>The gender-unbalanced sample, reduced longitudinal sample size, sole use of self-report measures, and high comorbidity between school burnout and depressive symptoms may have hampered the results.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>EMS play an important role in the development of school burnout symptoms. The results point towards transdiagnostic cognitive-focused treatment techniques with attention to disorder-specific schemas to tackle school burnout symptoms. More (longitudinal) research is needed to corroborate these initial findings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100815"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266691532400101X/pdfft?md5=a8e0942cb1f6708094b141bac32f1053&pid=1-s2.0-S266691532400101X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141479565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengjie Cui , Xia Ma , Liyuan Tian , Wenfeng Xu , Hongliang Dai
{"title":"The chain mediating role of stress and resilience in the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students","authors":"Mengjie Cui , Xia Ma , Liyuan Tian , Wenfeng Xu , Hongliang Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>College is a high-risk period for depressive symptoms. Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a major predictor of depressive symptoms during college years, but the specific mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated the relationship using a chain mediation model.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A sample of 1261 eligible students (mean age of 20.20 ± 1.37 years) residing in Liaoning Province, located in the northeastern part of China, were selected through a convenient sampling method for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive survey. The self-report questionnaires used in the study encompassed a range of parameters, including the general information questionnaire, anxiety sensitivity index-3 (ASI-3), resilience scale-14 (RS-14), depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21). Pearson correlation analysis, structural equation model testing, and Bootstrap deviation correction percentile analysis were employed to analyze the survey data using the R 4.3.2 statistical software.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The total AS score and its three lower-order dimensions were positively correlated with stress and depressive symptoms. Resilience was negatively correlated with AS, stress and depressive symptoms. In addition to the direct influence of AS on depressive symptoms, stress and resilience play a partial mediating role in the relationship between AS physical and cognitive concerns and depressive symptoms, the total indirect effects accounted for 91.5 % and 92.1 %, respectively, and fully mediate the relationship between AS social concerns and depressive symptoms.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The study's outcomes indicate that practical actions can be taken to decrease AS and stress, thereby enhancing resilience and reducing depressive symptoms in adolescents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52768,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Affective Disorders Reports","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100821"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915324001070/pdfft?md5=c912639d954bf56da2bfebf9fe8daadc&pid=1-s2.0-S2666915324001070-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141637926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}