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Mediators of the association between depression and role functioning
Author(s) -
BuistBouwman M. A.,
Ormel J.,
De Graaf R.,
De Jonge P.,
Van Sonderen E.,
Alonso J.,
Bruffaerts R.,
Vollebergh W. A. M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01285.x
Subject(s) - embarrassment , depression (economics) , association (psychology) , structural equation modeling , categorical variable , clinical psychology , psychology , epidemiology , psychiatry , mental health , medicine , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
Objective: While the adverse effect of Major Depressive Episode on role functioning is well established, the exact pathways remain unclear. Method: Data from The European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders, a cross‐sectional survey including 21 425 adults from six European countries, were used to assess 12‐month depression (Composite International Diagnostic Interview), activity limitations and role functioning in the past 30 days (Disability Assessment Schedule). An a priori model based on the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health was designed and a structural equation model for categorical and ordinal data was used (MPlus) to estimate the extent to which six limitations mediated the association between depression and role functioning. Results: The unadjusted association between depression and role functioning was strong (0.43; SE = 0.04). In the best‐fitting model, only concentration and attention problems and embarrassment mediated a significant amount of association (direct effect dropped to 0.17; SE = 0.10, which was no longer significant). Conclusions: Targeting cognition and embarrassment in treatment could help reduce depression‐associated role disfunctioning.