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The current study aimed to investigate a recently observed significant positive relationship between other-referent upward counterfactual thinking and depressive symptoms in a Filipino sample by exploring whether collectivist harmony may determine when other-referent upward counterfactual thinking confers risk for depression. An online survey was completed by 598 university-educated residents of the Philippines (M age = 29.74, SD = 10.27; Range = 18 to 71). As hypothesised, both other-referent upward counterfactuals and collective harmony were significantly positively associated with depression. A moderation analysis revealed that otherreferent upward counterfactual thinking was positively related to depression at low and moderate levels of harmony but not at high levels of harmony. This interaction suggests that generating other-referent upward counterfactuals may increase depression among individuals who adhere to low or moderate harmony maintenance norms, and that individuals with high harmony are likely to experience high levels of depression irrespective of their generation of other-referent upward ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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Author

Broomhall, Anne Gene; Phillips, Wendy J.; Wu, Anise M.S.

Publisher

Informa UK (Taylor & Francis); Cogent OA; Informa UK Limited (ISSN 2331-1908)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)