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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wichers, Marieke
• Geschwind, Nicole
• Jacobs, Nele
• Kenis, Gunter
• Peeters, Frenk
• Derom, Catherine
• Thiery, Evert
• Delespaul, Philippe
• van Os, Jim

Titel

Transition from stress sensitivity to a depressive state: longitudinal twin study

Ist Teil von

• British journal of psychiatry, 2009-12, Vol.195 (6), p.498-503

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

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Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Daily-life stress sensitivity is associated with depression, but prospective data are lacking. To examine associations between baseline ecological daily-life stress sensitivity and later depression, and to identify genetic and non-genetic factors moderating the transition from stress sensitivity to depression. Daily-life stress sensitivity was assessed at baseline in twins (n = 502). One baseline and four follow-up measurements of depressive symptoms and negative life events were collected, as well as interview-based diagnoses at baseline and last follow-up. Hypothesised genetic markers were determined. Baseline stress sensitivity was associated with increased depressive symptoms at follow-up and risk of major depressive disorder. Both genetic liability and major life events moderated the probability of transition from stress sensitivity to depression. Onset of depression is attributable to pre-onset ecological measurements of stress sensitivity, particularly where genetic liability is high and individuals have reached a stage where the influence of competing environmental causes is low.