General psychopathology and its social correlates in the daily lives of youth
Achterhof, Robin; Kirtley, Olivia J.; Schneider, Maude; Hagemann, Noëmi; Hermans, Karlijn S.F.M.; Hiekkaranta, Anu P.; Lecei, Aleksandra; Decoster, Jeroen; Derom, Catherine; De Hert, Marc; Gülöksüz, Sinan; Jacobs, Nele; Menne-Lothmann, Claudia; Rutten, Bart P.F.; Thiery, Evert; van Os, Jim; van Winkel, Ruud; Wichers, Marieke; Myin-Germeys, Inez
(2022) Journal of Affective Disorders, volume 309, pp. 428 - 436
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a period of both great social change, and of vulnerability to psychiatric distress. However, little is known about the associations between early psychopathology and social interactions at the fundamental level of daily life. To better understand the social correlates of subclinical psychopathology in adolescence, we assessed associations
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between general psychopathology and the quantity and quality of daily-life social interactions. METHODS: During a six-day experience sampling period, adolescent and young adult participants in Study 1 (n = 663) and Study 2 (n = 1027) reported the quantity and quality of their everyday social interactions. General psychopathology was assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90 and Brief Symptom Inventory-53. The relationship between psychopathology and each outcome variable was tested in separate multilevel linear and logistic regression models. RESULTS: General psychopathology was associated with social interaction quality. Associations between psychopathology and the number of social interactions were less apparent: In Study 1, participants with more psychopathology were not more alone, whereas Study 2 participants with higher levels of psychopathology were alone more. LIMITATIONS: Limitations include no separate investigation of distinct types of psychopathology, and relatively low compliance to the experience sampling in Study 2. CONCLUSIONS: Consistent associations between subclinical psychopathology and the quality of social interactions support the fundamentally social nature of early psychopathology. Moreover, negative experiences of social interactions may be more valuable markers of early psychopathology than a reduced quantity of social behaviors. Conceptualizations of daily-life social functioning, and prevention/intervention efforts would benefit from a greater consideration of the quality of everyday social experiences.
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Keywords: Adolescence, Ecological momentary assessment, Experience sampling, Psychopathology, Social functioning, Social interaction, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Journal Article
ISSN: 0165-0327
Publisher: Elsevier
Note: Funding Information: Study 1 (TwinssCan) received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Program under grant agreement No. HEALTH-F2- 2009-241909 (Project EU-GEI). Study 2 (SIGMA) is supported by funding from Research Foundation Flanders , with an FWO Odysseus grant (Myin-Germeys, FWO G08416N ) supporting RA and IMG. OJK is currently supported by a Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship from Research Foundation Flanders (FWO 1257821N ). During preparation of this article, OJK was also supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from a Research Foundation Flanders Odysseus grant to IMG (FWO GOF8416N ). MS is supported by a personal grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant number: PZ00P1_174206 ). SG is supported by a ZonMw grant 636340001 from the Ophelia research project. BPFR is supported by a VIDI award (no. 91718336 ) from the Netherlands Scientific Organization . RvW is supported by an FWO Senior Clinical Fellowship (FWO 1803616N) and by the Funds Julie Renson , Queen Fabiola and King Baudoin Foundation . Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
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