An evaluation of an integrated model of relapse in depression.

BACKGROUND AND AIM

The present study evaluated an integrated model of the role of psychosocial factors in the prediction of relapse of Major Depressive Disorder over a one-year follow-up period.

METHODS AND ANALYSES

A range of established variables, including life stress, cognitive-personality vulnerability factors, social support, and coping responses, were simultaneously considered in a series of prediction models, in an adult female sample of remitted depressed individuals.

RESULTS

It was determined that interpersonal marked difficulties, social support, and emotion-oriented and avoidance-oriented coping provided the best-fitting and most parsimonious predictive model for depressive relapse at one-year follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS

The examination of multifactorial models of risk represents a promising avenue for future research and theory development.