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Motivation to obtain self‐relevant feedback in depressed college students
Author(s) -
GasparikovaKrasnec Maria,
Post Robin Dee
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198409)40:5<1190::aid-jclp2270400511>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , negative feedback , task (project management) , positive feedback , social psychology , clinical psychology , physics , management , quantum mechanics , voltage , electrical engineering , economics , engineering
Thirty depressed and 30 nondepressed college students completed a social judgment task. Students initially received either positive, negative, or no preliminary feedback and were told that they could obtain more extended feedback about their performance at a cost of $.20 for each unit of feedback. As predicted, depressed students were willing to relinquish a greater amount of money to obtain self‐relevant feedback. Additionally, depressed and nondepressed Ss were more motivated to obtain additional feedback after they had received positive or no preliminary feedback than after they had received negative preliminary feedback. Results support Rehm's (1977) description of a heightened need for external reassurance among depressed persons.