Year: 1994
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined the role of selfdiscrepancies and sociotropy as vulnerability markers in clinical depression.Clinically depressed subjects a = 20), remitted subjects a = 20), and never-before depressed controls (B = 20) were compared.Analysis of variance indicated that depressed and remitted prhcipants exhibited significantly higher levels of sociotropy than control subjects.Remitted and depressed subjects were not significantly different on this variable.Depressed participants also h b i t e d significantly hlgher levels of actual-ideal discrepancies than both remilted subjects and controls.Remitted subjects, however, &d not exhibit significantly higher levels of actual-ideal discrepancies than controls.Analysis of covariance indicated that, when depressed mood was controlled for, depressed and remitted subjects did not exhibit significantly higher levels of sociotropy and actual-ideal discrepancies than controls.Finally, sociotropy and actual-ideal dwrepancies were hypothesized to predict hstory of depression.Regression analysis indicated that h s prediction was not supported by the results.This study provides partial support regardmg the ability of sociotropy and actual-ideal discrepancies to distinguish between individuals who are vulnerable to depression and those who are not.
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Nichole Fairbrother
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W23341958