Male depression syndrome is characterized by pronounced Cluster B personality traits

• Verfasst von: Sedlinská, Terezie [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mühle, Christiane [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Richter-Schmidinger, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Weinland, Christian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kornhuber, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Lenz, Bernd [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Male depression syndrome is characterized by pronounced Cluster B personality traits
• Verf.angabe: Terezie Sedlinská, Christiane Mühle, Tanja Richter-Schmidinger, Christian Weinland, Johannes Kornhuber, Bernd Lenz
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: 1 September 2021
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 01.02.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of affective disorders
• Ort Quelle: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1979
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 292(2021), Seite 725-732
• ISSN Quelle: 1573-2517
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.114
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Antisocial
• Sach-SW: Borderline
• Sach-SW: Impulsive
• Sach-SW: Male depression
• Sach-SW: Personality
• K10plus-PPN: 183291416X

Abstract

Background - Male depression syndrome (Male-DS) refers to alternative depression symptoms related to the male sex, such as externalizing behaviors, emotional suppression, substance misuse, and risk-seeking. Although these symptoms contribute to gender bias in the diagnosis of depression, Male-DS can be found in both sexes. In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed associations between Male-DS and clinical personality accentuations. - Methods - We compared clinical personality accentuations between 78 depressed patients with high Male-DS scores (46% women; mean age ± standard error of the mean: 36.5 ± 1.6 years) and 76 depressed patients with low Male-DS scores (43% women; age 44.8 ± 1.7 years). We also explored differences between the two patient groups and 176 healthy controls (51% women; age 37.2 ± 1.0 years). - Results - Depressed patients with high Male-DS scores showed stronger borderline (partial η2 0.121), impulsive (0.112), and antisocial (0.078) personality accentuations than those with low Male-DS scores after Bonferroni adjustment and controlling for sex, depression severity, and age. Relative to healthy controls, patients with high Male-DS values scored higher in all personality dimensions except for the narcissistic dimension. Patients with low Male-DS values scored higher in all Cluster A and C dimensions and the impulsive and borderline dimensions, but their scores were lower in the narcissistic dimension. - Limitations - Cross-sectional design and focus on in-patients. - Conclusions - We found pronounced Cluster B personality in patients with high Male-DS scores versus patients with low scores. Further prospective research is needed to verify that Cluster B personality traits represent a pre-morbid risk factor for Male-DS.