Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2021 Jun;77(6):1384-1393. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23111. Epub 2021 Jan 28.
To examine the associations between pleasant or reinforcing activities (as they relate to the behavioral theory of depression) and depressive symptoms across cultures.
We tested for differences in the strength of association between pleasant events and depressive symptoms in probability samples of adults from the United States (N = 619) and Japan (N = 232).
Results indicate that frequency, enjoyment, and obtained pleasure from pleasant events were significantly and negatively associated with depressive symptoms for both American and Japanese adults, and these associations were significantly greater in magnitude for American adults relative to Japanese adults.
Findings suggest that there is a cross-sectional association between pleasant events and depressive symptoms in both the United States and Japan, and that this association is stronger in the United States.
跨文化研究愉快或奖励性活动（与抑郁行为理论有关）与抑郁症状之间的关联。
我们检验了来自美国（N=619）和日本（N=232）的成年概率样本中愉快事件与抑郁症状之间关联强度的差异。
结果表明，对于美国和日本成年人，愉快事件的频率、享受度和获得的愉悦度与抑郁症状显著负相关，且与日本成年人相比，这些关联在美国成年人中更为显著。
这些发现表明，在美国和日本，愉快事件与抑郁症状之间存在横断面关联，且这种关联在美国更为强烈。
