Family Risk Factors for Adult Depressive Symptoms

成人抑郁症状的家庭危险因素

基本信息

批准号：
7158964
负责人：
SARAH W WHITTON
金额：
$ 5.87万
依托单位：
JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2006-09-01 至 2007-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7158964
关键词：
adolescence (12-20)aggression behavioral /social science research tag conflict depression developmental psychology disease /disorder proneness /risk dyadic interaction family structure /dynamics human data interpersonal relations longitudinal human study marriage /marital status postdoctoral investigator psychopathology young adult human (21-34)

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It is important to identify early risk factors for depression, given its high prevalence rates and costliness to society. Although depression is often thought to have developmental roots in the family-of-origin, the prospective effects of early family characteristics on depression have rarely been empirically tested. To address this gap in the literature, the proposed study will analyze data from an existing longitudinal study to assess prospective effects of observed family interactions during adolescence on major depression and depressive symptoms in adulthood. In addition, the hypothesis that continuity in interpersonal interaction patterns from the family-of-origin to adult marital relationships may account for this prospective effect will be tested. That is, observed marital interactions patterns will be tested as a mediator of the effect of adolescent-era family interactions on adult depressive symptoms. Alternate pathways, such as the continuity of depressive symptoms, which may negatively impact both family and marital interactions, will also be considered. The proposed study will lay the foundation to future independent research investigating the longitudinal effects of specific family and marital characteristics and interaction patterns on individual mental health.

描述（由申请人提供）：鉴于抑郁症的高患病率和社会成本，识别抑郁症的早期危险因素非常重要。尽管抑郁症通常被认为与原生家庭的发展根源有关，但早期家庭特征对抑郁症的预期影响很少经过实证检验。为了解决文献中的这一空白，拟议的研究将分析现有纵向研究的数据，以评估青春期期间观察到的家庭互动对成年后重性抑郁和抑郁症状的前瞻性影响。此外，还将检验从原生家庭到成年婚姻关系的人际互动模式的连续性可能解释这种预期效应的假设。也就是说，观察到的婚姻互动模式将作为青少年时期家庭互动对成人抑郁症状影响的中介因素进行测试。还将考虑其他途径，例如抑郁症状的持续性，这可能会对家庭和婚姻互动产生负面影响。拟议的研究将为未来调查特定家庭和婚姻特征以及互动模式对个人心理健康的纵向影响的独立研究奠定基础。