Depressive symptom trajectory following romantic relationship breakup and effects of rumination, neuroticism and cognitive control.

ABSTRACT: Studying individuals who recently experienced a romantic reltionship breakup allows us to investigate mood disturbances in otherwise healthy individuals. In our study, we aimed to identify distinct depressive symptom trajectories following breakup and investigate whether these trajectories relate to personality traits and cognitive control. Subjects (n = 87) filled out questionnaires (RRS-NL-EXT trait rumination and NEO-FFI neuroticism) and performed cognitive tasks (trail making test, Stroop task) during a period of 30 weeks. To identify distinct depressive symptom trajectories ('trajectory groups'), we performed K-means clustering on the consecutive (assessed every 2 weeks) Major Depression Inventory scores. This resulted in four trajectory groups; 'resilience', 'fast recovery', 'slow re

SUBMITTER: Verhallen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9786723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature