APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
The Vicious Cycle of Psychopathology and Stress Generation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Katerina Rnic
University of British Columbia - Angela Santee
University of Rochester - David Dozois
The University of Western Ontario - Jennifer-Ashley Hoffmeister
The University of British Columbia - Hallie Liu
The University of British Columbia - Katharine Chang
University of Rochester - Rachel Chen
University of Rochester - Richard Neufeld
University of Western Ontario - Daniel Machado
The University of Western Ontario - Lisa Starr
University of Rochester - Joelle LeMoult
The University of British Columbia
Abstract
This meta-analysis found robust evidence that stress generation, individuals’ active generation of stressful life events, is a transdiagnostic phenomenon with a nuanced presentation across specific psychiatric disorders. Findings suggest that psychopathology contributes to a vicious cycle of increasing generated stress and symptomatology that plays a central role in disorder chronicity.
Psychopathology
