The relationship between the severity of depression and cognitive coping strategies in patients with depressive episode

Abstract

Objective : To explore the relationship between the depressive mood and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Methods : A total of 143 major depression patients were assessed with a self-designed questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Chinese version of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-C) and the twenty-item Toronto Scale (TAS-20), and 95 healthy people were involved as controls. Regression analysis was carried out for the influcing factors to depressive mood. Results : Compared with controls, Patients with Depressive Episode showed significantly higher total scores of inadaptability strategy，TAS and BDI( P <0.01). There were lots of factors, such as domestic stress and maladaptive strategy showed significant correlation with total score of BDI in major depression ( P <0.05 or P <0.01). The factors of domestic stress and maladaptive strategy et al entered the regression equation for BDI by turns. Conclusion s: Patients with depression suffered from maladaptive strategy. Cognitive coping strategies and stressl were the important influence factors of depression emotion in patients with depression.