The evolutionary significance of depressive symptoms: different adverse situations lead to different depressive symptom patterns. Export

@article{citeulike:5998996, abstract = {Although much depression may be dysfunctional, the capacity to experience normal depressive symptoms in response to certain adverse situations appears to have been shaped by natural selection. If this is true, then different kinds of situations may evoke different patterns of depressive symptoms that are well suited to solving the adaptive challenges specific to each situation. The authors called this the situation-symptom congruence hypothesis. They tested this hypothesis by asking 445 participants to identify depressive symptoms that followed a recent adverse situation. Guilt, rumination, fatigue, and pessimism were prominent following failed efforts; crying, sadness, and desire for social support were prominent following social losses. These significant differences were replicated in an experiment in which 113 students were randomly assigned to visualize a major failure or the death of a loved one.}, author = {Keller, Matthew C. and Nesse, Randolph M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5998996}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.316}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16881767}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16881767}, doi = {10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.316}, issn = {0022-3514}, journal = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, keywords = {biology, evolution, experiment, psychology}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {316--330}, posted-at = {2009-10-24 05:29:46}, priority = {0}, title = {The evolutionary significance of depressive symptoms: different adverse situations lead to different depressive symptom patterns.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.316}, volume = {91}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5998996 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5998996 N2 - Although much depression may be dysfunctional, the capacity to experience normal depressive symptoms in response to certain adverse situations appears to have been shaped by natural selection. If this is true, then different kinds of situations may evoke different patterns of depressive symptoms that are well suited to solving the adaptive challenges specific to each situation. The authors called this the situation-symptom congruence hypothesis. They tested this hypothesis by asking 445 participants to identify depressive symptoms that followed a recent adverse situation. Guilt, rumination, fatigue, and pessimism were prominent following failed efforts; crying, sadness, and desire for social support were prominent following social losses. These significant differences were replicated in an experiment in which 113 students were randomly assigned to visualize a major failure or the death of a loved one. IS - 2 JF - Journal of personality and social psychology SN - 0022-3514 EP - 330 TI - The evolutionary significance of depressive symptoms: different adverse situations lead to different depressive symptom patterns. VL - 91 SP - 316 KW - biology KW - evolution KW - experiment KW - psychology AU - Keller, Matthew AU - Nesse, Randolph PY - 2006/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.316 ER -