brown - interview Flashcards
what was the point of the brown interview?
to investigate the factors that affect the development of depression
what were the main aims?
to investigate whether support from husband or close relationship can reduce risk
whether crisis support protects from onset
whether lack of support and self esteem are factors in depression
where did the study take place?
islington london
how were women contacted?
sent a letter from their gps on whether they were willing to take part
how many women were in the study?
395
how many women were excluded?
50 as already had depression
what was the criteria for participants?
husband had to be in manual work
could be single mother
had at least one child 18 or under
18-50 years old
what type of design was used?
a prospective longitudinal study
how many phases were there?
two
what was the first phase?
measures of self esteem and personal ties were taken and any psychiatric history collected
what was the second stage?
data about the onset of a psychiatric disorder
measures of life event stress and social support gathered
how was reliability improved?
21 women took part in a reliability study in which satisfactory inter rater reliability was found
11 rated by two interviews
10 rated by a second person
using tapes of original interviews
how many women were found to have experienced a stressful life event?
150
how many women gained depression?
32
what % of women with depression had a stressful life event?
91
