Table 1.

Different types of interpersonal loss, their key attributes, and associated risk for depression

Event Type	Definition	Key Attributes	Risk for Onset of Depression*
Death	Death of Subject’s close tie, such as a spouse, parent, or child	Loss of significant other/confidant; unpremeditated; low on social-evaluative threat; low on controllability; no social demotion, or loss in social status, value, or regard	9.9 ± 0.4
Self-initiated separation	Significant separation, falling- out, or rift in a relationship involving a close tie, where the separation is mutual or initiated by Subject	Loss of significant other/confidant; premeditated; low on social-evaluative threat; high on controllability; no social demotion, or loss in social status, value, or regard	10.2 ± 0.6
Other-initiated separation	Same as above, except the separation is initiated by Subject’s partner	Loss of significant other/confidant; premeditated; high on social-evaluative threat; low on controllability; intentional social demotion, and loss in social status, value, and regard	21.6 ± 0.9

^*Estimates of risk are from Kendler et al., 2003, and are given as mean risk for onset of depression in the month of event ± SE percentage.