Social relationship quality, depression and inflammation: A cross-cultural longitudinal study in the United States and Tokyo, Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is an illness with biological, psychological, and social underpinnings, which may include the interplay of inflammation, psychological traits, stress, social relationships, and cultural background.

Aims

This work examines the prospective associations between social relationship quality and depressive symptoms, and between social relationship quality and inflammatory outcomes in two distinct cultures.

Methods

Data were obtained from two longitudinal, prospective cohort studies: Midlife in the United States (MIDUS), and Midlife Development in Japan (MIDJA) between 2004 and 2010. One thousand three hundred and twenty-seven community-based adults were included in analyses, 1,054 from the United States and 273 from Tokyo, Japan. Depressive symptoms (m

SUBMITTER: Kaveladze B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature