Measures of psychological distress were obtained from roommates of college students (targets) who had been categorized into experimental groups on the basis of diagnostic interviews using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. Both initial diagnosis and any change in diagnosis evidenced during the study were established by these interviews. The target groups established were: unremitted depressives, remitted depressives, new case depressives, other psychopathology controls and normal controls. The psychological adjustment of roommates of target subjects was assessed at three time periods. We investigated whether the diagnostic status of the target was reflected in the roommate's endorsement on measures of psychological distress. During the early stages of the roommate relationship, roommates of persistently depressed subjects (unremitted depressives) were found to show a significant increase in distress on our psychological measures. In contrast to the roommates of unremitted depressives, roommates of other psychopathology controls and normal controls showed a decrease in distress. The psychological adjustment of roommates of individuals whose depression abated (remitted depressives) and roommates of individuals, who became depressed over the course of the study (new cases) did not reflect the diagnostic status of their live-in target roommate. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: B, page: 4596. / Major Professor: Jack Eric Hokanson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78317 |
| Contributors | Hollander, Glee Ross., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 78 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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