Conveying depression: Is a reduced relative preference for happiness a way depressed people convince themselves of their depressed identity?

IF 1 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Justin N. Wahlers, Danielle Wahlers, William P. Hart
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Introduction: Individuals who are more depressed show a reduced preference for happy over sad stimuli. Researchers have proffered various features of depression that might produce a genuine reduced preference for happy vs. sad stimuli. Here, in line with an identity maintenance perspective on depression, we posited that this reduced relative preference is, in part, used to communicate a more depressed identity. Method: In a preregistered experiment, nonclinical participants (N = 508) completed a dimensional measure of depression and rated their preferences for happy and sad images. We manipulated the extent to which a relative preference for happy (vs. sad) images could be used to seem depressed (happy-preference-is-depressed preference framing) or vice versa (sad-preference-is-depressed preference framing). Results: People with elevated depression showed a reduced preference for happy over sad images in the sad-vs. happy-preference-is-depressed preference framing, and people with low depression showed the opposite effect. These effects persisted after controlling for sex and could not be attributed to demand. Depression also related positively to rating oneself as being depressed, and mediation evidence suggested that the strategic alteration of preferences on the image viewing task partly drove these judgments. Discussion: Consistent with an identity maintenance perspective, the data suggest that hedonic preferences associated with depression may be driven, in part, by the desire to signal one's own depression levels.
传递抑郁:抑郁症患者对幸福的相对偏好降低,是否是他们说服自己抑郁身份的一种方式?
导言抑郁症患者对快乐刺激的偏好低于对悲伤刺激的偏好。研究人员提出了抑郁症的各种特征,这些特征可能会导致对快乐与悲伤刺激的偏好真正降低。在此,根据抑郁症的身份维持观点,我们假设这种相对偏好的降低在一定程度上是用来传达一种更抑郁的身份。实验方法在一项预先登记的实验中,非临床参与者(N = 508)完成了一项抑郁维度测量,并评定了他们对快乐和悲伤图像的偏好。我们操纵了对快乐(与悲伤)图像的相对偏好在多大程度上会被用来显得抑郁(快乐-偏好-即抑郁偏好框架)或反之(悲伤-偏好-即抑郁偏好框架)。结果显示抑郁程度高的人在 "悲伤--快乐偏好--抑郁偏好框架 "中对快乐图像的偏好低于对悲伤图像的偏好,而抑郁程度低的人则表现出相反的效果。在控制了性别因素后,这些影响依然存在,而且不能归因于需求。抑郁还与自我评价为抑郁正相关,而中介证据表明,图像观看任务中偏好的策略性改变在一定程度上驱动了这些判断。讨论:数据表明,与抑郁相关的享乐偏好可能部分是由想要表明自身抑郁水平的愿望所驱动的,这与身份维护观点一致。
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期刊介绍: This journal is devoted to the application of theory and research from social psychology toward the better understanding of human adaptation and adjustment, including both the alleviation of psychological problems and distress (e.g., psychopathology) and the enhancement of psychological well-being among the psychologically healthy. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) traditionally defined psychopathology (e.g., depression), common emotional and behavioral problems in living (e.g., conflicts in close relationships), the enhancement of subjective well-being, and the processes of psychological change in everyday life (e.g., self-regulation) and professional settings (e.g., psychotherapy and counseling). Articles reporting the results of theory-driven empirical research are given priority, but theoretical articles, review articles, clinical case studies, and essays on professional issues are also welcome. Articles describing the development of new scales (personality or otherwise) or the revision of existing scales are not appropriate for this journal.
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