Appraisals of dependent stressor controllability and severity are associated with depression and anxiety symptoms in youth
Appraisals of dependent stressor controllability and severity are associated with depression and anxiety symptoms in youth
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DOI：
10.1080/10615806.2018.1532504
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发表时间：
2019-01-02
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Snyder, Hannah R.
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作者：
Fassett-Carman, Alyssa;Hankin, Benjamin L.;Snyder, Hannah R.
背景和目的：压力是一个很强的内在精神病理学的危险因素。习得性无助研究表明，对压力源的可控性的感知会影响内化症状。此外，主观感知压力与精神病理学有关。然而，尽管有证据表明压力感知的重要性，但最近的大多数研究都集中在测量压力生活事件的频率和专家评定的严重程度。本研究汇集了过去和当前的文献，调查的重要性，感知的严重性和可控性的最近的生活事件之间的关联压力源和内化症状。设计和方法：我们使用了修订版的青少年生活事件问卷（ALEQ），要求参与者（年龄13-22岁，N = 328）对65个典型的青少年压力事件的频率进行评级，以及他们对每个事件的感知压力和控制感。在分析之前，将事件分类为依赖性（自生）、独立性（决定性）或两者都不是。结果如下：可控性和严重性评估与抑郁和焦虑症状，控制压力源频率（也预测症状），依赖性，但不是独立的压力源。结论：这些结果突出了可控性和严重程度评估作为内化障碍的潜在风险因素的重要性，暴露了潜在的治疗靶点。
Background and objectives: Stress is well established as a strong risk factor for internalizing psychopathology. Learned helplessness research demonstrates that perceived controllability of stressors affects internalizing symptoms. Furthermore, subjective perceived stress is associated with psychopathology. However, most recent research has focused on measuring the frequency and expert-rated severity of stressful life events despite evidence for the importance of stress perceptions. The present study brings together past and current literatures to investigate the importance of perceived severity and controllability of recent life events in the association between stressors and internalizing symptoms. Design and methods: We used a revised version of the Adolescent Life Events Questionnaire (ALEQ) that asked participants (ages 13-22, N = 328) to rate the frequency of 65 stressful events typical to youth, as well as the perceived stressfulness and control they felt over each event. Events were categorized prior to analysis as dependent (self-generated), independent (fateful) or neither. Results: Controllability and severity appraisals were associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, controlling for stressor frequency (which also predicted symptoms), for dependent but not independent stressors. Conclusions: These results highlight the importance of controllability and severity appraisals as potential risk factors for internalizing disorders, exposing a potential target for therapy.