Bos Elisabeth H, Bouhuys Antoinette L, Geerts Erwin, Van Os Titus W D P, Ormel Johan
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Psychiatry Res. 2006 May 30;142(1):79-88. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.05.015. Epub 2006 Apr 21.
High neuroticism and low extraversion are related to depression and its recurrence. We investigated whether nonverbal involvement behavior during social interaction is one of the factors via which these relations are effectuated. We measured nonverbal expressions of involvement from videotaped behavior of remitted depressed outpatients (n=101) and their conversation partners, and assessed self-reported neuroticism and extraversion scores. During a 2-year follow-up, we assessed the recurrence of depression. Twenty-eight participants (27.7%) experienced a recurrent episode. Time to recurrence was predicted by neuroticism and extraversion, and also by the degree of association between levels of nonverbal involvement behavior of conversation partners. The behavioral effect did not explain the personality effect. Neuroticism moderated the behavioral effect. The results point to the independent relevance of personality and nonverbal behavior in the long-term course of depressive disorder.
高神经质和低外向性与抑郁症及其复发有关。我们调查了社交互动过程中的非言语参与行为是否是实现这些关系的因素之一。我们从缓解期抑郁症门诊患者（n = 101）及其对话伙伴的录像行为中测量了参与的非言语表达，并评估了自我报告的神经质和外向性得分。在为期2年的随访中，我们评估了抑郁症的复发情况。28名参与者（27.7%）经历了复发发作。复发时间由神经质和外向性预测，也由对话伙伴非言语参与行为水平之间的关联程度预测。行为效应并不能解释人格效应。神经质调节了行为效应。结果表明，在抑郁症的长期病程中，人格和非言语行为具有独立的相关性。
