Quels profils caractérisés par l'humeur, l'activation comportementale et les stratégies de régulation émotionnelle pouvons-nous identifier dans une population adulte ?

The behavioural model of depression put forward that the level of activities in depressed patients decreases which maintains their low mood. Depressed patients are also known to use non-adaptive cognitive coping strategies (e.g. rumination, catastrophizing). Previous research underlined that cognitive coping strategies predict the level of activation (non-adaptive cognitive coping strategies predict a low level of activation). According to the dimensional approach of psychopathology, we hypothesised that sub-groups of depressed and non-depressed adults could be identified depending on their level of activation and the kind of cognitive coping strategies they use. In order to test this hypothesis, we investigated the relationships between the level of activation, the cognitive coping strategies, anxiety and depression with a cluster-analysis approach. 762 adults (530 women, 232 men; mean age= 31.54, SD= 12.08) completed an online survey assessing the above-mentioned variables with self-reports measures (BADS-SF, CERQ, BDI-II, STAI-Y B). Results identified four clusters that differed according to the level of activation, the cognitive coping strategies, the anxiety and the depression. For instance, one of the four classes highlighted that non-active depressed adults used catastrophizing and rumination contrary to another classes of active non-depressed ones. These results, providing interesting guidelines for psychological interventions, will be discussed further during the congress.