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Individual Facets of Effortful Control and Symptoms of General Distress and Depression

Buffington, Adam Gregg
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250558442

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Psychology.
The present study explored the relationship between positive and negative reactivity, effortful control (EC), and symptoms of both general distress and depression in a sample of 1242 undergraduate students. Participant responses to self-report questionnaire measures of temperament and emotional symptoms were analyzed using multiple linear regression analyses. EC was divided into three facets of attentional control, inhibitory control, and activation control to examine the different relationships between the individual components of EC and emotional problems. Attentional control and inhibitory control were related to symptoms of general distress and depression that were associated with negative reactivity. There was also evidence that attentional control moderated the association between negative reactivity and symptoms of general distress and depression. Conversely, activation control was related to symptoms specific to depression, which are most strongly related to low positive reactivity. Activation control also moderated the association between positive reactivity and anhedonic symptoms such that low positive reactivity was more weakly related to depressive symptoms at higher levels of activation control. Sex differences were found indicating that men were more likely to report symptoms of depression not related to negative reactivity than women. The results also showed that low activation control was related to more depressive symptoms in men than women. There was evidence of an interactive relationship between Behavioral Inhibition (BIS) and Behavioral Activation (BAS) for general distress such that the at low levels of BIS, low BAS was associated with higher reports of general distress, and at high levels of BIS, reports of general distress were similar for both high and low levels of BAS. There was also an interaction between negative affectivity (NA) and positive affectivity (PA) for symptoms of depression such that the relationship between NA and depressive symptoms was reduced at higher levels of PA.
Michael Vasey, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Julian Thayer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jennifer Cheavens, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
113 p.
Psychology
Effortful Control; Attentional Control; Inhibitory Control; Activation Control; General Distress; Anxiety; Depression

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  • Buffington, A. G. (2009). Individual Facets of Effortful Control and Symptoms of General Distress and Depression [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250558442

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Buffington, Adam. Individual Facets of Effortful Control and Symptoms of General Distress and Depression. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250558442.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Buffington, Adam. "Individual Facets of Effortful Control and Symptoms of General Distress and Depression." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250558442

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