“…In addition to the pessimism or anxiety caused by the stigma of mental disorders (Brown, Mitchell, Roush, La Rosa, & Cukrowicz, ; Lasalvia et al, ; Schomerus et al, ), depressive symptoms were a prominent cause. Depressed individuals often have pessimistic or anxious feelings about social integration, accompanied with problems such as self‐enclosure or interpersonal avoidance (Starr, Hammen, Connolly, & Brennan, ; Triscoli, Croy, & Sailer, ). The prediction effects of depression to the variables relevant to belongingness such as loneliness (Majd Ara, Talepasand, & Rezaei, ; Peerenboom, Collard, & Naarding, ; Świtaj, Grygiel, Chrostek, Wciórka, & Anczewska, ) and social trust (Fujiwara & Kawachi, ; Tanco, Rhondali, Park, Liu, & Bruera, ) have been proven by many studies.…”