Reduced Social Connectedness and Compassion Toward Close Others in Patients With Chronic Depression Compared to a Non-clinical Sample

Frick, Artjom; Thinnes, Isabel; Hofmann, Stefan G.; Windmann, Sabine; Stangier, Ulrich

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.608607

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“…Loneliness is one of the problems which are most often reported by people with depressive disorders [6,11,12]. Depressive symptoms may reduce motivation towards establishing new social contacts [13,14] and in maintaining existing social relations [15]. A relatively recent review found that social networks of patients with persistent depressive disorders appeared to be smaller than those of healthy individuals, patients with a nonpersistent major depression episode and patients with other disorders [16].…”

Section: Loneliness As a Consequence Of Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Loneliness and mood disorders: consequence, cause and/or unholy alliance?

Giacco

2022

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Purpose of reviewPeople with persistent depressive disorders and with bipolar disorder are more likely to feel lonely than people in the general population. This evidence update focused on studies in the last 2 years, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent social distancing directives. Recent findingsLongitudinal studies identified that people who feel lonely are more likely to become depressed or to experience relapse of mood disorders. There is emerging evidence that feelings of loneliness or mandatory social isolation can precede manic episodes. Hence the relationship between loneliness and mood disorders is complex and bidirectional. Interventions were developed to reduce loneliness in people with mental health problems, including depressive disorders, through cognitive modification and/or supported socialisation. No loneliness-focused interventions have been specifically tailored to people with bipolar disorder. SummaryStudies carried out before and during the COVID-19 pandemic found that feelings of loneliness can be both consequences and precursors of persistent depression and bipolar disorder. Mood symptoms and loneliness have a cumulative negative effect on physical and mental health outcomes. Conceptual overlaps and relations between loneliness and mood symptoms should be clarified in qualitative studies. Theorydriven intervention models should be developed and tested in methodologically robust studies.

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Section: Loneliness As a Consequence Of Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Loneliness and mood disorders: consequence, cause and/or unholy alliance?

Giacco

2022

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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“…The internal process mechanisms are not clear. Previous research has found that a SSC can lead to self-esteem and thus promote PB in students ( Frick et al, 2021 ; Preston and Rew, 2022 ). This study further investigated the relation between perceptions of social connectedness and PB from a different perspective.…”

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confidence: 96%

The influence of students’ sense of social connectedness on prosocial behavior in higher education institutions in Guangxi, China: A perspective of perceived teachers’ character teaching behavior and social support

Wang

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The objective of this study is to examine the sense of social connectedness (SSC) and prosocial behavior (PB) of students in Guangxi higher education institutions in China and to further understand the factors influencing PB of higher education students. In this study, a total of 1,007 students were sampled from 8 Guangxi higher vocational schools through purposive sampling using questionnaires, of which 676 (67.1%) were male students and 331 (32.9%) were female students. This study further enriches self-determination theory by exploring the effects of teachers’ character teaching behaviors and social support on PB, using the SSC as an intrinsic motivation. In addition, the results of the study revealed that SSC, perceived teacher character teaching behaviors and perceived social support (PSS) were positively related to students’ PB. SSC affects PB not only directly, but also indirectly through the mediating role of perceived teacher character teaching behavior and perceived teacher support. Teacher character teaching behaviors and PSS also play a chain mediating role in the relationship between SSC and PB. Finally, this study provides strategies to optimize school character management for higher education students in order to meet their basic psychological needs and thus promote the production of PB.

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“…Although not the focus of our hypotheses, Depression was also included as a fixed effect, since it is thought to have important associations with stress and anxiety-related responses 29 . Including Depression in our models was critical to account for shared variance with stress and anxiety, especially given we hypothesized the opposite association between altruism and acute defensive emotions (positive) to that previously described for Depression (negative) 53,54 . Multicollinearity diagnostics using the Kappa statistic and Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) did not suggest problematic collinearity when stress, anxiety and depression were included in the same models (all kappas < 3.66; all VIFs < 5).…”

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Acute anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with higher levels of everyday altruism

Vieira

Pierzchajlo

Jangard

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Sci Rep

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Prior laboratory research has suggested that humans may become more prosocial in stressful or threatening situations, but it is unknown whether the link between prosociality and defense generalizes to real-life. Here, we examined the association between defensive responses to a real-world threat (the COVID-19 pandemic) and everyday altruism. Four independent samples of 150 (N = 600) US residents were recruited online at 4 different timepoints, and self-report measures of perceived COVID-19 threat, defensive emotions (e.g., stress and anxiety), and everyday altruism were collected. Our operationalization of defensive emotions was inspired by the threat imminence framework, an ecological model of how humans and animals respond to varying levels of threat. We found that perceived COVID-19 threat was associated with higher levels of everyday altruism (assessed by the Self-report Altruism scale). Importantly, there was a robust association between experiencing acute anxiety and high physiological arousal during the pandemic (responses typically characteristic of higher perceived threat imminence), and propensity to engage in everyday altruism. Non-significant or negative associations were found with less acute defensive responses like stress. These findings support a real-life relation between defensive and altruistic motivation in humans, which may be modulated by perceived threat imminence.

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Reduced Social Connectedness and Compassion Toward Close Others in Patients With Chronic Depression Compared to a Non-clinical Sample

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Loneliness and mood disorders: consequence, cause and/or unholy alliance?

Loneliness and mood disorders: consequence, cause and/or unholy alliance?

The influence of students’ sense of social connectedness on prosocial behavior in higher education institutions in Guangxi, China: A perspective of perceived teachers’ character teaching behavior and social support

Acute anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with higher levels of everyday altruism

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