Depressive realism: effects of depression severity and interpretation time
| Autor: | Nancy McKendree-Smith, Forrest Scogin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male Depressive Disorder Time Factors media_common.quotation_subject Reality Testing Cognition Negative bias Depressive realism Severity of Illness Index Cognitive bias Developmental psychology Clinical Psychology Mental Processes Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Clinical investigation Perception Personality profile Humans Female Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical psychology. 56(12) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9762 |
| Popis: | This study examined the theory of depressive realism, which posits that depressed people often are more accurate in perceptions and judgments than nondepressed people. Two possible qualifications to this theory were examined: (1) severity of depression moderates the effect, and (2) length of processing time will impact the presence of bias in depressed people, that is, negative bias will develop over time. College students were presented with a bogus personality profile that actually consisted of items previously rated as neutral in desirability. Participants rated these profiles for desirability initially and then again three days later. Results indicated a significant effect of depression severity on desirability rating. Nondepressed and mildly depressed students found their profiles to be more positive than the moderately/severely depressed students, with both groups having scores in the positive range. However, those participants who were moderately/severely depressed showed a negative bias in their ratings. No support was found for the effect of different times of interpretation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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