Stone Lindsey B, Gibb Brandon E, Coles Meredith E
Binghamton University (SUNY).
Cognit Ther Res. 2010 Apr;34(2):177-187. doi: 10.1007/s10608-009-9241-2. Epub 2009 Apr 18.
The present study examined whether the sex difference in depression could be accounted for within the framework of the hopelessness theory of depression. Specifically, we tested whether young adults' negative inferential styles mediated the sex difference in depressive symptoms or whether sex moderated the cognitive vulnerability-stress effects on depressive symptoms in a multi-wave longitudinal study. In doing so, we examined the different forms of negative inferential styles separately (causes, consequences, self-characteristics, composite, weakest link). Results did not support the mediation hypothesis. In terms of the moderation hypothesis, we found significant sex 9 inferential style 9 stress interactions predicting depressive symptoms across the follow-up, with the vulnerability-stress effects significant for men but not women. Among women, negative inferential styles and life events were independent predictors of depressive symptoms. In these moderation analyses, each of the inferential styles exhibited similar predictive validity.
本研究探讨了抑郁方面的性别差异是否可以在抑郁无望理论的框架内得到解释。具体而言，在一项多波纵向研究中，我们测试了年轻人的消极推理风格是否介导了抑郁症状的性别差异，或者性别是否调节了认知易感性-压力对抑郁症状的影响。在此过程中，我们分别研究了消极推理风格的不同形式（原因、后果、自我特征、综合、最薄弱环节）。结果不支持中介假设。关于调节假设，我们发现在整个随访过程中，存在显著的性别×推理风格×压力交互作用，可预测抑郁症状，其中易感性-压力效应在男性中显著，在女性中不显著。在女性中，消极推理风格和生活事件是抑郁症状的独立预测因素。在这些调节分析中，每种推理风格都表现出相似的预测效度。
