Hostility and depressive mood: results from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. - Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Access content directly
Journal Articles Psychological Medicine Year : 2009

Hostility and depressive mood: results from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The psychosocial vulnerability model of hostility posits that hostile individuals, given their oppositional attitudes and behaviours, are more likely to have increased interpersonal conflicts, lower social support, more stressful life events (SL-E) and higher likelihood of depression. However, little research has tested this hypothesis using large-scale prospective samples. The present study aims to assess the predictive value of hostility for depressive mood.MethodData are from 3399 participants in the Whitehall II cohort study, aged 35-55 years at baseline (phase 1 1985-1988). Cynical hostility was measured at phase 1. Depressive mood was assessed at phase 7 (2002-2004). Sociodemographic characteristics, health-related behaviours, common mental disorders and antidepressant medication intake were assessed at phase 1. SL-E and confiding/emotional support were measured at phases 1, 2 (1989-1990) and 5 (1997-1999). RESULTS: Compared with participants in the lowest quartile of cynical hostility, those in the highest quartiles were more likely to have depressive mood [second quartile: odds ratio (OR) 1.58, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.14-2.20; third quartile: OR 2.78, 95% CI 2.03-3.77; fourth quartile: OR 4.66, 95% CI 3.41-6.36] in analysis adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics. This graded association was somewhat attenuated (18%) but remained robust to adjustments for the covariates measured at baseline and follow-up. The association was also evident in participants free of mental health difficulties at baseline. CONCLUSIONS: Cynical hostility is a strong and robust predictor of depressive mood. Consideration of personality characteristics may be crucial to the understanding and management of depression.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
inserm-00406805_edited.pdf (150.63 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Nabi_H_et_al_Hostility_Depression_WII_Psychol_Med_Revised_5th_March_09.pdf (166.63 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origin : Files produced by the author(s)
Origin : Files produced by the author(s)
Loading...

Dates and versions

inserm-00406805 , version 1 (23-07-2009)

Identifiers

Cite

Hermann Nabi, Archana Singh-Manoux, Jane E. Ferrie, Michael G. Marmot, Maria Melchior, et al.. Hostility and depressive mood: results from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study.. Psychological Medicine, 2009, pp.1-9. ⟨10.1017/S0033291709990432⟩. ⟨inserm-00406805⟩
198 View
385 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More