[Predisposing factors and subclinical depression among healthy college students].

The aim of the present work was to study the presence of predisposition factors to depression among healthy college students, who have a successful socialization and are able to show socially accepted and acknowledged performance. Among 681 individuals involved in the study, 465 were men and 216 were women. The affected group (n = 232, 161 women and 71 men) consisted of students with any of the following predisposition factors: positive family anamnesis (history of depression of the mother, father, sibling or grandparent), loss (death of parent, separation, parents' divorce during the first ten years of the child). The control group (n = 219, 135 women and 84 men) consisted of students with none of these predisposition factors. The results of the present study show that the predisposition factors relevant to depression have also effect on the persons in a non-clinical population. In addition, we have also demonstrated that certain family socialization effects may also function as predisposition factors.