Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study sample (n = 4,642 unless otherwise noted).
Table 2.
Risk of major depressive episode at ten-year follow-up as a function of overall quality of social relationships, social support, and social strain.
Table 3.
Risk of major depressive episode at ten-year follow-up as a function of type of social relationship with overall poor quality at baseline.
Figure 1.
Predicted probability of depression.
Impairment in quality of social relationships was rated on a four-point scale, with a higher score indicating more impairment in overall quality in relationships with spouse/partner, family, and friends. Data are weighted to adjust results to more closely match characteristics of the general U.S. population.