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Does emotion and its daily fluctuation correlate with depression? A cross-cultural analysis among six developing countries

Authors
Derwin K.C. Chana, Xin Zhangb, *, zhang.x@pku.edu.cn, Helene H. Fungc, Martin S. Haggera
aSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
bDepartment of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, China
cDepartment of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
*Corresponding author at: Room 228, Philosophy Building, Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Tel.: +86 10 62751830; fax: +86 10 62761081.
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Received 15 April 2014, Revised 30 August 2014, Accepted 3 September 2014, Available Online 11 October 2014.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2014.09.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Emotional status; Affective variability; Clinical depression; Cultural differences; Global health
Abstract

Utilizing a World Health Organization (WHO) multi-national dataset, the present study examined the relationships between emotion, affective variability (i.e., the fluctuation of emotional status), and depression across six developing countries, including China (N = 15,050); Ghana (N = 5,573); India (N = 12,198); Mexico (N = 5,448); South Africa (N = 4,227); and Russia (N = 4,947). Using moderated logistic regression and hierarchical multiple regression, the effects of emotion, affective variability, culture, and their interactions on depression and depressive symptoms were examined when statistically controlling for a number of external factors (i.e., age, gender, marital status, education level, income, smoking, alcohol drinking, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and diet). The results revealed that negative emotion was a statistically significant predictor of depressive symptoms, but the strength of association was smaller in countries with a lower incidence of depression (i.e., China and Ghana). The association between negative affective variability and the risk of depression was higher in India and lower in Ghana. Findings suggested that culture not only was associated with the incidence of depression, but it could also moderate the effects of emotion and affective variability on depression or the experience of depressive symptoms.

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Publication Date
2014/10/11
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