O papel das experiências nas relações próximas e da regulação emocional cognitiva na sintomatologia depressiva em estudantes universitários

Abstract

Depression is one of the most prevalent psychological disorders to which has been given special attention in recent years, it’s incidence and associated psychosocial costs. In this study had as it’s main purpose to analyze the relationship / role of relational structures and cognitive emotion regulation in depressive symptoms in college students, considered a risk group for the
development of this disorder.
To achieve this study resorted to instruments and self answer measures, including a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Relationship Structure Questionnaire of the Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ERP-ER), the Cognitive Emotional Regulation Questionnaire and (QREC) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (EADS-21), in which only used the subscale of depression in a sample of 246 college students aged 17 to 53 years (M=21.72).
The results showed that the attatchment relationships anxious are positively related to depressive symptoms as the mechanisms of emotional regulation maladaptive cognitive, and that the males have higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to females. The anxious attachment, the blame others and self-blame were found to be significant predictors of depressive symptoms, having been self-blame cognitive emotion regulation strategy with the highest
predictive contribution. These results, although preliminary, contribute to a better understanding of the factors that may be implicated in depressive disorders.

Date of Award	6 Mar 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Berta Rodrigues Maia (Supervisor)