Transcript Subjective Well-Being as an indicator for clinical depression

Subjective Well-Being as an
indicator for clinical
depression
Student
Adriana Gargiulo
Supervisor A/ Professor Mark Stokes
Background
Subjective Well-Being (SWB)

Homeostasis Theory - Cummins
(1995, 1998)
SWB (.70 - .80%) SM
Changing levels of SWB as homeostasis is
challenged (Cummins, Lau & Davern, in
press).
Rationale for this research
Clinical depression = failure of
Homeostasis = loss of SWB.
Hypothesis:

People with clinical depression
would have a SWB below the
normative range 70-80% of the
Scale Maximum (SM).
Methodology

146 men part of a larger study

Personal Well-Being Index-Adult (PWI-A)

Semi-structured Clinical Interview (SCIDI/NP)
Analysis

One way Between Subjects ANOVA
Psychopathology vs. PWI-A scores
Means and Standard Deviations of
Subjective Well-being Between Groups
Levels of the Independent Variable
No Psychopathology
Number of
Participants
Mean
Standard
Deviation
110
Currently
depressed
Previously
depressed
Other nondepressive
Psychopathology
14
18
4
82.40
60.61
82.06
67.14
12.29
15.94
8.23
14.98
Mean Effects for Psychopathology
Receiver Operating Characteristic
(ROC) Curve analysis
Findings
Support for Cummins proposition:

Loss of SWB indicates Clinical depression.
However,
 PWI-A not sufficiently specific as a diagnostic tool –

PWI-A could be used as a screening tool.
Thank You