Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to investigate the differential impact of somatoform and depressive symptoms/syndromes on life satisfaction.
METHODS: In a representative population survey in Germany (N=2 510) depressive and somatic symptoms are screened with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), Life satisfaction is assessed with the Questions on Life Satisfaction (FLZM).
RESULTS: Both subclinical depressive/somatic symptoms and clinically relevant depressive/somatoform syndromes are associated with decreased life satisfaction. Depressive symptoms/syndromes result in lower satisfaction in all areas of life, whereas somatic symptoms/somatoform syndromes only affect certain domains of life -satisfaction.
CONCLUSIONS: Considering comorbid depressive symptoms/syndromes, somatic symptoms and somatoform syndromes show negative associations with only some of the subdimensions of life satisfaction. A dimensional approach is useful to consider the effects of subclinical symptoms on life satisfaction.
Translated title of the contribution | How do somatoform and depressive symptoms and syndromes affect life satisfaction?: Results from a representative population survey in Germany |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 217-224 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | PSYCHOTHERAPIE PSYCHOSOMATIK MEDIZINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 501010 Clinical psychology
Keywords
- English Abstract
- Journal Article
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Germany
- Health Surveys
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personal Satisfaction
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Somatoform Disorders
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Young Adult