Depressive symptoms and momentary affect: the role of social interaction variables

Vranceanu, Ana‐Maria; Gallo, Linda C.; Bogart, Laura M.

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“…In another study, [33] evaluated the association between personal experiences, the fleeting affections and depressive symptoms in women, for that, it was used Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA-[34]), The Center for Epidemiologic Study of Depression Scale (CES-D; [28]) and handheld computer containing a diary 39 likert-type scale items assessing affect, and the nature of the current or most recent social interaction derived from the Diary of Ambulatory Behavioral States to test the associations among depressive symptoms, social experiences and momentary affect in 108 women that were recruited for two consecutive days of registration on a portable computer their social interactions, their emotional experiences and their depressive symptoms, 50 in 50 minutes, from the time they woke up until the time of sleep. The participants answered questions about mood on their social interactions.…”

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The Role of Positive Emotion and Contributions of Positive Psychology in Depression Treatment: Systematic Review

Santos

Paes

Pereira

et al. 2013

CPEMH

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The present study aims to conduct a systematic review of the literature by checking the impact of positive emotion in the treatment of depression and on the use of strategies of positive psychology which involves positive emotion to treat and reduce symptoms of depression. For this purpose, we conducted searches in databases ISI Web of Knowledge, PsycINFO and PubMed and found a total of 3400 studies. After inclusion application and exclusion criteria, 28 articles remained, presented and discussed in this study. The studies have important relations between humor and positive emotion as well as a significant improvement in signs and symptoms of depression using differents strategies of positive psychology. Another relevant aspect is the preventative character of the proposed interventions by positive psychology by the fact that increase well-being and produce elements such as resilience and coping resources that reduce the recurrent relapses in the treatment of depression. The strategies of positive psychology, such as increasing positive emotions, develop personal strengths: seeking direction, meaning and engagement for the day-to-day life of the patients, appear as potentially tools for the prophylaxis and treatment of depression, helping to reduce signs and symptoms as well as for prevention of relapses.

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“…In [33,10,11,55,12,101] stressed the importance of positive social relationships support generators as support for the development of resilience and reducing the levels of stress and depression, indicating therapeutic possibilities to strengthen social support network.…”

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The Role of Positive Emotion and Contributions of Positive Psychology in Depression Treatment: Systematic Review

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Paes

Pereira

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“…Bolger, Davis, and Rafaeli (2003) provide a review of the benefits of such programs, including timestamps for responses, flexibility in presentation of questions, and more efficient data entry and management. Recent studies have used electronic handheld devices to investigate physical symptoms (e.g., physical anxiety symptoms; Pfaltz, Michael, Grossman, Margraf, & Wilhelm, 2010;Smyth & Stone, 2003), behaviors such as alcohol consumption (Collins et al, 1998;Hufford, Shields, Shiffman, Paty, & Balabanis, 2002;Kashdan, Ferssizidis, Collins, & Muraven, 2010;Simons, Dvorak, Batien, & Wray, 2010;Swendsen et al, 2000), drug use (Buckner, Crosby, Silgado, Wonderlich, & Schmidt, 2012;Buckner et al, 2011), eating disorder symptoms (Engel et al, 2007;le Grange, Gorin, Dymek, & Stone, 2002;Muehlenkamp et al, 2009;Wegner et al, 2002), and psychological constructs such as affect (Juth, Smyth, & Santuzzi, 2008;Trull et al, 2008), mood disorders/depressive symptoms (aan het Rot, Hogenelst, & Schoevers, 2012;Vranceanu, Gallo, & Bogart, 2009;Wenze & Miller, 2010), self-esteem (Kernis, 2005), social anhedonia and social anxiety (Brown, Silvia, Myin-Germeys, & Kwapil, 2007;Buckner, Crosby, Wonderlich, & Schmidt, 2012), and anxiety symptoms in general (Gallagher, Schoemann, & Pressman, 2011). A recent review has highlighted the use of electronic EMA as a part of psychosocial and health behavior interventions (Heron & Smyth, 2010).…”

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TelEMA: a low-cost and user-friendly telephone assessment platform

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Ecological momentary assessment (EMA), or the repeated assessment of individuals' behaviors and experiences over time, is a methodologically advantageous approach to the study of psychological constructs. Recently, advances in computer technology have allowed for EMA research to be conducted in a more convenient, automated, and secure manner by administering surveys on participants' telephones and storing the results directly to a central server. The present article introduces TelEMA, an easy-touse, low-cost telephone assessment platform for clinical and research applications. A single server running TelEMA can be shared among many experimenters, studies, and participants simultaneously. TelEMA routes telephone calls and text messages through a third-party service, so experimenters may conduct studies with no up-front cost or technical expertise. TelEMA provides a secure Web interface for experimenters or clinicians to design studies, enroll participants, monitor compliance, and collate response data from anywhere. Participants complete surveys using their own telephones. Surveys may contain keypress or voice recording questions, and the timing and content of each survey may be randomized and customized. A pilot study was conducted in which individuals used the TelEMA system to complete four randomly timed surveys per day for one week; the surveys assessed state affect and social anxiety. Results indicated that participants found TelEMA easy to use and secure, and compliance rates were on par with other EMA methods using mobile devices. Overall, Tel-EMA is a practical and robust system that enables fast and inexpensive deployment of EMAs.

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“…It is important to consider that the relationship between interpersonal deficits-ED and symptoms of depression is likely bi-directional. Depressive symptoms may interfere with an individual’s ability to engage in satisfying relationships (24, 25, 55) and difficulty in relationships may lead to isolation, loneliness, and/or symptoms of depression (56). …”

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Interpersonal problem areas and alexithymia in adolescent girls with loss of control eating

Berger

Elliott

Ranzenhofer

et al. 2014

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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This study investigated the links among interpersonal problem areas, depression, and alexithymia in adolescent girls at high-risk for excessive weight gain and binge eating disorder. Participants were 56 girls (Mage = 14.30, SD = 1.56; 53% non-Hispanic White) with a body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) between the 75th and 97th percentiles (MBMI-z = 1.57, SD = 0.32). By design, all participants reported loss of control eating patterns in the past month. Adolescents were individually interviewed prior to participating in a group interpersonal psychotherapy obesity and eating disorder prevention program, termed IPT for the prevention of excessive weight gain (IPT-WG). Participants’ interpersonal problem areas were coded by trained raters. Participants also completed questionnaires assessing depression and alexithymia. Primary interpersonal problem areas were categorized as interpersonal deficits (as defined in the eating disorders (ED) literature) (n = 29), role disputes (n = 22), or role transitions (n = 5). Girls with interpersonal deficits-ED had greater depressive symptoms and alexithymia than girls with role disputes (ps ≤ 0.01). However, girls with role transitions did not differ from girls with interpersonal deficits-ED or role disputes. Interpersonal problem area had an indirect association with depression via alexithymia; interpersonal deficits-ED were related to greater alexithymia, which in turn, was related to greater depressive symptoms (p = 0.01). Among girls at-risk for excess weight gain and eating disorders, those with interpersonal deficits-ED appear to have greater distress as compared to girls with role disputes or role transitions. Future research is required to elucidate the impact of interpersonal problem areas on psychotherapy outcomes.

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Depressive symptoms and momentary affect: the role of social interaction variables

Abstract: Interventions that attempt to decrease socially conflictive experiences via cognitive-behavioral skills training, whereas concomitantly targeting positive and negative affect, could help prevent the development of full-blown depressive episodes in vulnerable individuals.

Cited by 25 publications

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The Role of Positive Emotion and Contributions of Positive Psychology in Depression Treatment: Systematic Review

The Role of Positive Emotion and Contributions of Positive Psychology in Depression Treatment: Systematic Review

TelEMA: a low-cost and user-friendly telephone assessment platform

Interpersonal problem areas and alexithymia in adolescent girls with loss of control eating

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