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Situational influences on social behaviors of depression‐prone individuals
Author(s) -
Meyer Barbara E. B.,
Hokanson Jack E.
Publication year - 1985
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(198501)41:1<29::aid-jclp2270410106>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - psychology , situational ethics , interpersonal communication , sadness , trait , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , depression (economics) , social psychology , clinical psychology , anger , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
Depressed ( N = 20) and nondepressed outpatients ( N = 20) and normal controls ( N = 20) rated the frequency with which they used various interpersonal behaviors in different social roles and emotional circumstances. The results indicated considerable situational specificity in subjects' reports of how they actually behave; the three subject groups displayed similar patterns. Most notable were findings that subjects report relatively frequent use of sadness displays when stressed by intimates, but not when similar stresses are imposed by strangers. In the latter case, social withdrawal is reported as a relatively frequent response. The results are discussed as contradicting an invariant, trait‐like interpersonal style among depressed individuals.