Depresión, recursos psicológicos y vulnerabilidad cognitiva a la depresión en jóvenes estudiantes universitarios

Alicia Edith Hermosillo de la Torre; María Elena Rivera Heredia

doi:10.33064/ippd52470

Authors

Alicia Edith Hermosillo de la Torre Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5636-2065
María Elena Rivera Heredia Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-0789

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/ippd52470

Keywords:

cognitive vulnerability to depression, psychological resources, depression hopelessness theory, early adulthood, depression

Abstract

From the diathesis-stress paradigm, depression is conceived as the result of the interaction between stressful life events (stress) and learned cognitive factors that confer vulnerability to an individual (diathesis). The Hopelessness Depression Theory postulates develop of a depressive attributional style in the first years of life that confers cognitive vulnerability to depression in adulthood. This vulnerability increases the risk of presenting depression in the absence of protective factors, so it is important to analyze the way they are associated during youth. The present study analyzes the relationship between psychological resources and cognitive vulnerability to depression as well as their interaction with depressive symptomatology and depression in university students. Participants were 93 university students between 18 and 25 years of age (54.8% women, 45.2% men). The following instruments were used: CES-DR adapted for Mexican adolescents (α = .93); Cognitive Vulnerability Questionnaire (CSQ-UAA) adapted for Aguascalientes youth (α = .91); Network Quality Scale (α = .91); Scales of Psychological Resources (α = .91); and the MINI 2.0 interview, in Spanish. Significant differences were observed in the difficulty to request support and to manage sadness among subjects with VCD (p = .000). Depressive symptomatology was positively associated with hopelessness (r = .696, p ≤ .05) and VCD (r = 204, p ≤ .05); the network quality of friends negatively correlated with support network and self-control while difficulty in requesting Support and manage sadness were positively associated with VCD. The results suggest that social support and psychological resources have a moderating effect on VCD and depressive symptomatology, although social support is not nece-ssarily a factor that contributes to reducing depressive symptoms.

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