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20677837

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Recent evidence suggests that the sensitivity of emotion responses to changing context may be a key element of psychological adjustment and psychopathology (Bonanno et al., 2007; Rottenberg, Kasch, Gross, & Gotlib, 2002). However, there have been no previous investigations to examine emotion context sensitivity and adjustment following stressful life events. This investigation addressed this deficit in a sample of middle-aged bereaved adults (N = 48) whose emotion responses were measured as they described loss and non-loss-related events during a laboratory interview 4 months after the death of their spouse or child. Symptoms of depression were assessed using structured clinical interviews at 4 and 18 months postloss. Although positive emotions were beneficial regardless of context, context sensitivity for negative emotions at 4 months predicted fewer depression symptoms at 18 months. These findings suggest that the capacity to shift negative emotion responses according to changing context may differentiate those individuals who will show improvements in depression symptoms over time from those who will show chronic impairments. Implications for future research and clinical intervention are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1939-1846
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 APA, all rights reserved
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
479-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
When distress does not become depression: emotion context sensitivity and adjustment to bereavement.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, 402 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 5501, New York, NY 10027, USA. kgc15@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural