Is depression contagious? An analysis using college roommates

10.18258/2306 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Guassi Moreira Joao Guassi Moreira
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2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Pardo ◽  
Rachel Gibbons ◽  
Alexandra Suppes ◽  
Robert M. Krauss

Author(s):  
Thu T. Do

This chapter presents different aspects of college environment that had an impact on men’s and women’s religious vocation while they were in college. Based on CARA studies from 2012 and 2014 in which respondents entering religious life answered questions about their backgrounds, these aspects include witnessing religious vocation, Mass participation, spiritual direction, college service programs, devotional and spiritual practices, campus ministry, college roommates and friends, and encouragement and discouragement of vocational discernment while on campus. The chapter presents the differences in these various aspects between religious members attending Catholic and non-Catholic colleges and universities. It also discusses the different influences for men and women on their discernment of a religious vocation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliane M. Boucher ◽  
Jorden A. Cummings

The social surrogate hypothesis proposes that people with higher social anxiety (HSA) recruit others to accompany them into social situations. We tested this hypothesis with college roommates using both hypothetical (Study 1) and retrospective (Study 2) measures, while assessing roommate's perceptions of recruitment and how social surrogacy might influence liking between roommates. Across two studies, we found that HSA participants were less likely to enter social situations alone (i.e. higher conditional entry); however, HSA was related to recruitment only when participants considered hypothetical scenarios, not when recruitment was assessed globally or retrospectively. There was little evidence that HSA participants’ roommates were aware of these behaviours, although there was preliminary evidence that less social anxiety might increase liking when roommates perceived more conditional entry. We also found preliminary evidence that social anxiety may be negatively related to liking when participants were less likely to recruit an alternate surrogate if their roommate was unavailable. Taken together, these preliminary findings emphasize the importance of studying the surrogacy process from an interpersonal/dyadic perspective and using methods that will differentiate between anticipated (which may be assessed by hypothetical scenarios) and enacted recruitment behaviours. Copyright © 2017 European Association of Personality Psychology


2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Pardo ◽  
Rachel Gibbons ◽  
Alexandra Suppes ◽  
Robert M. Krauss

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