Level and instability of day-to-day psychological well-being and risk for depression

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ID6203053
AuthorsShelly L Gable (0000-0002-7892-4292, William & Mary, corresponding author), John B Nezlek (0000-0003-4963-3637)
Year1998
Volume74
Issue1
Pages129-138
Publication date1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.74.1.129
PMID9457778
OpenAlexW4246802147
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited16

For 21 days, 123 undergraduates provided measures of their self-esteem, anxiety, causal uncertainty, perceived control over outcomes, and the three constructs comprising A. T. Beck's (1972) cognitive triad. Factor analyses of measures of the mean level and day-to-day instability of these constructs produced 2 factors, level of well-being and day-to-day instability of well-being. Participants also provided 4 measures of risk for depression over 2 1/2 months. For participants who were not at risk for depression, level of day-to-day well-being was negatively related to risk for depression, and this effect was not moderated by day-to-day instability. In contrast, for participants who were classified as at-risk for depression, day-to-day instability of well-being moderated the strength of the negative relationship between level of well-being and risk for depression. The relationship between level of well-being and depression was stronger for participants who were more unstable

Anxiety · Cognition · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Psychological well-being · Psychotherapist · Risk factor · Well-being · Clinical Psychology · Health and Well-being Studies · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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