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Self‐Identity and Specific Vulnerability to Depressed Mood
Author(s) -
Brewer Britton W.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1993.tb00284.x
Subject(s) - psychology , mood , vulnerability (computing) , identity (music) , cognition , clinical psychology , depressed mood , identification (biology) , test (biology) , developmental psychology , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , biology , paleontology , physics , botany , computer security , macroeconomics , computer science , acoustics , economics
Four studies were conducted to test the hypothesis that experiencing a life event that disrupts the pursuit of self‐defining activities would be associated with depressed mood. Across all four studies, a strong and exclusive identification with the athlete role was related to subjects' affective response to both hypothetical and actual athletic injuries. The results highlight the importance of assessing the match between specific cognitive diatheses and specific life events in predicting depressive reactions.