Vooijs, Emma (2024) Symptoms of Depression and Financial Performance in Everyday Life: Evaluating Alcohol Consumption as a Mediating Variable. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Adequate financial performance is a key component of everyday functioning. Previous research has mostly indirectly studied the impact of alcohol use and depressive symptoms on financial performance. Indeed, financial performance as a construct itself has hardly been investigated. The aim of the present study is to directly examine the potential effects of alcohol use and depressive symptoms on financial performance. Alcohol use is also examined as a possible mediating variable in the relationship between depressive symptoms and financial performance. 74 healthy adults completed self-report questionnaires on substance use, depressive symptoms, and financial performance. Higher levels of depressive symptoms were associated with worse scores on financial performance. No relationships were found between alcohol use and depressive symptoms or financial performance, however this may be due to methodological issues. In conclusion, depressive symptoms were found to negatively affect financial performance. A recommendation for future research is to replicate the current study’s findings and examine financial performance in a population with clinical depression in order to better understand how financial performance may be clinically relevant.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Koerts, J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Neuropsychology (CN) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2024 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2024 10:04 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3063 |
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