Association between life events and later depression in the population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study-The role of sex and optimism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between life event stress and depressive symptoms has not been analyzed in the general population before.

Methods

In the population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study, we assessed the association of 1.) the presence of important life events and 2.) life event stress, with the amount of depressive symptoms in univariable linear regressions and in multivariable regressions adjusted for age and sex (model 1) and age, sex and optimism as important determinants of coping with life events (model 2). Presence of life events and life event stress were assessed with the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), optimism with the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), and depressive symptoms with the 15-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (

SUBMITTER: Gronewold J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299341 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature