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To examine whether self-reported distress in college students provides an accurate and scientifically valid analog for diagnosable depression.

January 1, 1994Psychological Bulletin

Self-reported distress: Analog or ersatz depression?

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JCJames C. CoyneUniversity of Pennsylvania

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Critical review demonstrates that self-reported distress differs fundamentally from diagnosable depression in college students, suggesting analog models risk scientific validity.

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To examine whether self-reported distress in college students provides an accurate and scientifically valid analog for diagnosable depression.
Critical synthesis of psychological literature assessing empirical and conceptual boundaries between self-reported distress and clinical depression.
Evaluation of the generalizability of college student distress samples to community and clinical adult populations.
Self-reported distress is empirically and conceptually distinct from clinical depression, showing stronger links to common psychosocial stressors.
Distress in college students is predominantly mild and transient, meaning most distressed students do not meet criteria for diagnosable depression.

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James C. Coyne (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0e1c042a2e27e73427a641 https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.116.1.29

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Critical review demonstrates that self-reported distress differs fundamentally from diagnosable depression in college students, suggesting analog models risk scientific validity.

Self-reported distress: Analog or ersatz depression?

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Self-reported distress: Analog or ersatz depression?

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