Citation

Pusch D, Dobson KS, Ardo K, Murphy T. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1998; 30(4): 253-265.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/h0087068

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Examined the hypothesis that Ss' responses to depressive realism tasks are not only a function of mood state, but also a function of sociotropic and autonomous personality style. In the 1st experiment, 74 undergraduates who scored high or low on a measure of sociotropy and high or low on a measure of dysphoria were exposed to a depressive realism paradigm in which they engaged in dyadic interaction with a friend. Following the interaction, Ss' estimates of their performance were compared with the evaluations of their friend. In the 2nd experiment, 79 undergraduates who scored high or low on a measure of autonomy and high or low on dysphoria were exposed to a computerized success/failure task. The results across both experiments did not support the depressive realism hypothesis, in that the Ss' degree of realism, distortion and/or bias generally varied as a function of both personality style and mood state in the predicted directions. Implications of these findings for the depressive realism literature are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

suicide risk

Keywords

Independence (Personality); Major Depression; Personality Traits; Self-Efficacy