Unique Effects of Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction on Exposure and Reactivity to Daily Romantic Relationship Stress

Tolpin, Laura H.; Cohen, Lawrence H.; Gunthert, Kathleen C.; Farrehi, Angela

doi:10.1521/jscp.2006.25.5.565

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“…Thus, 33% of potential participants were eliminated from the study. Our previous Internet-based daily studies with college students had lower attrition rates: 18% in Dasch et al (in press) and 10% in Tolpin et al (2006). However, both of these studies had lower participant burden, in that students were required to complete one survey per day, not two as in the current study.…”

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Hostility, Interpersonal Competence, and Daily Dependent Stress: A Daily Model of Stress Generation

2007

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We used a daily diary design to evaluate a daily model of stress generation that included both daily sadness and hostility as precipitants, and interpersonal competence as a moderator variable. Our results indicated that daily stress generation was precipitated by daily hostile, but not sad, mood. Participants' skill at initiating interactions influenced daily stress generation in an unexpected direction. Specifically, the positive daily relationship between hostility and dependent stress was stronger for those with higher initiation scores. The results suggest that stress generation at the daily level functions differently than stress generation involving major life events. We discuss the implications of these findings for future research on stress generation.

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“…The reliability and validity of this measure have been previously established (Watson and Clark 1994). The PANAS-X has been used in several daily stress studies with college students (Gunthert et al 1999;O'Neill et al 2004;Tolpin et al 2006). …”

Section: Daily Moodmentioning

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Hostility, Interpersonal Competence, and Daily Dependent Stress: A Daily Model of Stress Generation

2007

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“…In line with the former findings pointing to the possibility that inequality in relationships is more detrimental for adolescent women (Galliher et al 1999;Pearson 2006), we also hypothesized that a lower ability to be authentic may serve as a risk factor for adolescent women more than for men. Finally, a review of the existing literature suggests that individuals with different relational characteristics may embark on unhealthy trajectories, not only due to their relational vulnerabilities, but also due to higher depressive symptomology (Crepaz and Marks 2001;Grello et al 2003;Tolpin et al 2006). Thus, it is likely that depression may precede unhealthy romantic involvements.…”

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“…A meta analysis conducted on studies on adult samples provide some evidence that negative affect is associated with subsequent increased sexual risk behavior (Crepaz and Marks 2001). In addition, assessment of daily sexual behavior among adolescents has shown that preceding negative mood was associated with a decreased ability to cope with relationship stress among American college students (Tolpin et al 2006) and a higher likelihood of becoming involved in sexual activity among American adolescents (Fortenberry et al 2005). Thus, it is likely that depressive affect may precede short-term or multiple romantic relationships and as such, engagement in sexual activity in non stable relationships may be an attempt to develop or secure a romantic relationship Welsh et al 2000).…”

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Romantic Contexts, Sexual Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Males and Females

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In order to examine the association between sexual behavior and depressive affect among adolescents, 122 and 219 Israeli adolescents, in two separate studies, reported their romantic and sexual history, the quality of their relationships and level of depressive symptoms. Findings show that a higher level of sexual activity in short-term romantic relationships, which were low in intimacy and authenticity, was related to increased levels of depressive symptoms among females but not among males. In contrast, involvement in stable romantic relationships was not associated with increased depressive affect for either gender. Findings from a 3 month follow-up suggested that it may be that an increased level of depressive symptoms leads adolescent females to become more sexually involved in short romantic encounters.

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“…Then, participants described their ''worst or most bothersome problem of the day'' (Stone & Neale, 1984). This stressor checklist was very similar to that used by Gunthert et al (1999), O'Neill et al (2004), and Tolpin, Cohen, Gunthert, and Farrehi (2006) in their diary research with college students. 2 In the 12-item positive events checklist, four are interpersonal events (e.g., ''had a good time with friend, family member or romantic partner''), five are achievementrelated (e.g., ''received a good test grade today''), and three are other daily positive events (e.g., ''had a positive event related to extracurricular activity (e.g., sports team, club)''].…”

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Moderating effects of sociotropy and autonomy on affective and self-esteem reactivity to daily stressors

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We conducted a 10-day diary study that assessed daily stressors and end-of-day affect and self-esteem. We predicted that sociotropy would be associated with stronger sadness and self-esteem reactivity to daily interpersonal, but not achievement events, and that autonomy would be associated with the same pattern for daily achievement, but not interpersonal events. For the sample as whole, both daily interpersonal and achievement stressors were related to increased sadness and decreased self-esteem. As expected, the relationships involving interpersonal stressors were stronger for those high on sociotropy. However, the negative relationship between achievement stressors and self-esteem was also stronger for those high on sociotropy. Autonomy was associated with weaker self-esteem reactivity to interpersonal stressors. Our results are consistent with previous research on major life events, suggesting that sociotropy functions as a nonspecific vulnerability factor, and that autonomy's role is unclear. Our results also suggest the heuristic value of a daily diary design to study the mechanisms underlying vulnerability factors' role in the development and maintenance of depression.

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Unique Effects of Depressive Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction on Exposure and Reactivity to Daily Romantic Relationship Stress

Cited by 31 publications

References 24 publications

Hostility, Interpersonal Competence, and Daily Dependent Stress: A Daily Model of Stress Generation

Hostility, Interpersonal Competence, and Daily Dependent Stress: A Daily Model of Stress Generation

Romantic Contexts, Sexual Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Males and Females

Moderating effects of sociotropy and autonomy on affective and self-esteem reactivity to daily stressors

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