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General psychopathology and its social correlates in the daily lives of youth
- Source :
- Journal of Affective Disorders, 309, 428-436. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Journal of Affective Disorders, 309, 428-436. Elsevier, Journal of affective disorders
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Center for Open Science, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background: Adolescence is a period of both great social change, and of vulnerability to psychiatric distress. However, little is known about the associations between early psychopathology and social interactions at the fundamental level of daily life. To better understand the social correlates of subclinical psychopathology in adolescence, we assessed associations between general psychopathology and the quantity and quality of daily-life social interactions.& nbsp;Methods: During a six-day experience sampling period, adolescent and young adult participants in Study 1 (n = 663) and Study 2 (n = 1027) reported the quantity and quality of their everyday social interactions. General psychopathology was assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90 and Brief Symptom Inventory-53. The rela-tionship between psychopathology and each outcome variable was tested in separate multilevel linear and lo-gistic regression models.& nbsp;Results: General psychopathology was associated with social interaction quality. Associations between psychopa-thology and the number of social interactions were less apparent: In Study 1, participants with more psychopa-thology were not more alone, whereas Study 2 participants with higher levels of psychopathology were alone more. Limitations: Limitations include no separate investigation of distinct types of psychopathology, and relatively low compliance to the experience sampling in Study 2.& nbsp;Conclusions: Consistent associations between subclinical psychopathology and the quality of social interactions support the fundamentally social nature of early psychopathology. Moreover, negative experiences of social interactions may be more valuable markers of early psychopathology than a reduced quantity of social behaviors. Conceptualizations of daily-life social functioning, and prevention/intervention efforts would benefit from a greater consideration of the quality of everyday social experiences.
- Subjects :
- EXPRESSION
Adolescent
DISORDERS
Social interaction
VALIDATION
Young Adult
ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY INTERVENTIONS
Social functioning
Humans
SCHIZOTYPY
Ecological momentary assessment
Psychopathology
Mental Disorders
NEED
DEPRESSION
Experience sampling
Adolescence
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
INDIVIDUALS
General psychopathology
DAILY-LIFE
EXPERIENCE
Human medicine
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01650327
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Affective Disorders, 309, 428-436. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Journal of Affective Disorders, 309, 428-436. Elsevier, Journal of affective disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....29fb86528abf0c778ce138f2855f42d7