Development and Psychopathology ( IF 5.317 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-29 , DOI: 10.1017/s0954579421000146 N Keita Christophe 1 , Gabriela L Stein 1
Life course theorists posit that sensitive periods exist during life span development where risk and protective factors may be particularly predictive of psychological outcomes relative to other periods in life. While there have been between-cohort studies trying to examine differences in discrimination and depressive symptoms, these studies have not been designed to identify these sensitive periods, which are best modeled by examining intra-individual change across time. To identify sensitive periods where discrimination and shift-&-persist (S&P) – a coping strategy that may protect against the negative impact of discrimination – are most strongly predictive of depressive symptoms, we employed latent growth curve modeling using an accelerated longitudinal design to track intra-individual change in depressive symptoms from ages 20–69. Participants were 3,685 adults measured at three time points ~10 years apart from the Midlife in the United States study (Mage = 37.93, SD = 6.948 at Wave I). Results identified two sensitive periods in development where high levels of S&P interacted with discrimination to protect against depressive symptoms; during the 30s and a lagged effect where 40's S&P protected against depressive symptoms when participants were in their 50s. Implications for the life course study of discrimination, coping, and depression are discussed.
中文翻译:
Shift-&-Persist 和歧视预测整个生命过程中的抑郁症:使用 MIDUSI-III 的加速纵向设计
生命历程理论家假设,在生命发展过程中存在敏感时期,其中风险和保护因素可能特别能预测相对于生命中其他时期的心理结果。虽然已经有队列间研究试图检验歧视和抑郁症状的差异,但这些研究并不是为了识别这些敏感期而设计的,最好通过检查个体内部随时间的变化来模拟这些敏感期。为了确定歧视和转移和坚持 (S&P)(一种可以防止歧视的负面影响的应对策略)最能预测抑郁症状的敏感时期,我们采用了潜在增长曲线模型,使用加速纵向设计来跟踪20-69 岁抑郁症状的个体内变化。M年龄= 37.93,SD = 6.948,在第 I 波)。结果确定了发展中的两个敏感时期,其中高水平的 S&P 与歧视相互作用以防止抑郁症状;在 30 多岁和滞后效应中,当参与者在 50 多岁时,40 多岁的标准普尔可以防止抑郁症状。讨论了歧视、应对和抑郁的生命历程研究的意义。