Unipolar Depression, Life Context Vulnerabilities, and Drinking to Cope

This study followed baseline samples of 424 unipolar depressed patients and 424 community controls across 10 years to investigate the association between depression and alcohol-related coping and to examine how life context vulnerabilities underlie the risk for depressed individuals to rely on drink...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2004-04, Vol.72 (2), p.269-275
Main Authors: Holahan, Charles J, Moos, Rudolf H, Holahan, Carole K, Cronkite, Ruth C, Randall, Patrick K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Use
Alcoholism
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical psychology
Control Groups
Coping
Coping Behavior
Depression
Depression (Psychology)
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Drinking
Family Programs
Family support
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Human
Humans
Hypothesis Testing
Life Change Events
Life Experiences
Major Depression
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental health
Mood disorders
Negative life events
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Support
Stress Variables
Susceptibility (Disorders)
USA
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Summary:This study followed baseline samples of 424 unipolar depressed patients and 424 community controls across 10 years to investigate the association between depression and alcohol-related coping and to examine how life context vulnerabilities underlie the risk for depressed individuals to rely on drinking to cope. Findings supported all hypotheses. Depressed patients engaged in more drinking to cope than did community controls. Within individuals, more negative life events and less family support were associated with more drinking to cope across the 4 observations. Depressed patients experienced more negative life events and less family support than did community controls. These underlying life context vulnerabilities explained the relationship between depressed patient status and drinking to cope.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.72.2.269