Stress reactivity and coping in seasonal and nonseasonal depression

Sigmon, Sandra T.; Pells, Jennifer J.; Schartel, Janell G.; Hermann, Barbara A.; Edenfield, Teresa M.; LaMattina, Stephanie M.; Boulard, Nina E.; Whitcomb-Smith, Stacy

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2006.07.016

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“…SAD patients demonstrated psychophysiological reactions indicating increased autonomic arousal (i.e., more frequent significant skin conductance responses and greater skin conductance response magnitude) during the video presentation as compared to currently depressed nonseasonal depression patients and never-depressed controls. Both the SAD and nonseasonal depression groups reported a greater exacerbation of depressed mood following the video as compared to never-depressed controls [68].…”

Section: Behavioral Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Sigmon et al [68] examined reactivity to season-relevant stimuli by comparing the emotional and psychophysiological responses of currently depressed SAD patients, currently depressed nonseasonal depression patients, and neverdepressed controls to a video depicting winter scenes. SAD patients demonstrated psychophysiological reactions indicating increased autonomic arousal (i.e., more frequent significant skin conductance responses and greater skin conductance response magnitude) during the video presentation as compared to currently depressed nonseasonal depression patients and never-depressed controls.…”

Section: Behavioral Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biological and Psychological Mechanisms of Seasonal Affective Disorder: A Review and Integration

Rohan¹,

Roecklein²,

Haaga³

2009

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This article: (1) describes and reviews evidence for hypothesized biological and psychological mechanisms of winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD), (2) advocates for an integrative approach to studying SAD etiology that incorporates both biological and psychological mechanisms, and (3) delineates areas for future research from an integrative perspective. Exciting progress has been made within sub-paradigms testing candidate biological mechanisms (i.e., biological rhythm abnormalities, retinal subsensitivity to light, neurotransmitter alterations, and genetic variations) and psychological mechanisms (i.e., maladaptive cognitions and behaviors) of SAD. However, research from an integrative biological/psychological perspective is currently lacking. In contrast to a continued exclusive focus on micro-models, we argue that an integrative approach would maximize the capacity to predict and understand the onset, maintenance, and course of SAD. An integrative approach also provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for developing strategies to effectively treat acute SAD, maintain acute treatment gains throughout the winter, and prevent future episodes of this highly recurrent form of depression.

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Section: Behavioral Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Behavioral Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biological and Psychological Mechanisms of Seasonal Affective Disorder: A Review and Integration

Rohan¹,

Roecklein²,

Haaga³

2009

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“…In the general population, depressed persons experience high rates of stressful social interactions and employ maladaptive coping strategies to deal with these events. These processes are thought to maintain depressed affect overtime (e.g., Davila, Hammen, Burge, Paley, & Daley, 1995;Hammen, 1991;Sigmon et al, 2007). Research is needed to determine whether stress and coping also perpetuates depressed affect in adults with mild ID.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coping Strategies of Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability for Stressful Social Interactions

Hartley

MacLean

2008

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Adults with mild intellectual disability (ID) experience stressful social interactions and often utilize maladaptive coping strategies to manage these interactions. We investigated the specific types of Active and Avoidant coping strategies reported by 114 adults with mild ID to deal with stressful social interactions. Open-ended responses to a sentence stem task were coded into five dimensions of Active and Avoidant coping. Adults with mild ID used Problem-Focused coping most frequently and this strategy was negatively correlated with psychological distress. Emotion-Focused coping was used infrequently but was also negatively related to psychological distress. Coping accounted for a significant portion of variance in psychological distress after controlling for perceptions of stressful social interactions. Findings have important implications for informing the development of interventions to enhance the ability of adults with mild ID to cope with stressful social interactions.

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“…Seasonal changes in human behavioral pathology are also observed in anxiety and depression (Enns et al, 2006;Lewy, Lefler, Emens, & Bauer, 2006;Rosenthal et al, 1984;Sigmon et al, 2007), migraine headaches (Alstadhaug et al, 2005;Brewerton & George, 1990), as well as incidence, severity, and mortality of strokes (Carolei, Marini, De Matteis, Di Napoli, & Baldassarre, 1996;H. Wang, Sekine, Chen, & Kagamimori, 2002;Y.…”

Section: Seasonal Changes In Mammalian Brain and Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%