APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Sex Moderates the Relationship between Excessive Reassurance Seeking and Depression Symptoms

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Kristyn Oravec
    Cleveland State University
  • Angela Bush
    Cleveland State University
  • Kayla Scamaldo
    Cleveland State University
  • Zachary Tokar
    Cleveland State University
  • Ilya Yaroslavsky
    Cleveland State University

Abstract

This study investigates the moderating effects of sex on the relationship between excessive reassurance seeking (ERS) and depression symptoms concurrently and over a five-month period. Men garnered protective effects from ERS on depression. These effects may reflect a cultural shift in gender norms.

Depression

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