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Third, to investigate whether dampening depends on depression status, we compared a currently depressed group, formerly depressed group and never-depressed group.
Moreover, applying to the accepted HAMD-17 cut off score of 9 for PD [26], we identified within the NA-PD group, a subgroup without depression (NA-PD non-depressed group) and a subgroup with depression (NA-PD depressed group).
This group with depressive symptoms is labeled the "depressed group" in this paper.
Interestingly, not only the currently depressed group, but also the formerly depressed group had a greater tendency to dampen positive affect than people who had never experienced a depressive episode.
Fifteen participants comprising a "depressed" group endorsed mild to moderate depressive symptoms as measured by the CES-D (score ≥ 10).
Unsurprisingly, the depressed group reported significantly more symptoms of depression in the SCID interview and higher EPDS and BDI scores than the non-depressed group.
Fourteen patients meeting DSM-IV criteria for current major depression but not PTSD were also tested (depressed group).
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The two depressed groups experienced greater severity on all clinical features compared to the non-depressed group.
The chi-square test was used to contrast the groups of adolescents with depression with the non-depressed group.
We predicted that dampening would be lowest in a never-depressed group and highest in a currently depressed group.
Considering the three depression groups together, people who had recovered dampened significantly more than a never-depressed group (see above), and also significantly less compared to a currently depressed group.
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