PSYC 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Martin Seligman, Bipolar Disorder, Learned Helplessness
26 Mar 2018
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Lack of perceived control over life events leads to decreased attempts to improve own situation. Depression may result from tendency to interpret everyday life events in negative way. Filtering (emphasizing the negative, rather than positive aspects of situation) Overgeneralization (come to general conclusion based on single piece of evidence. Shared vulnerability with anxiety (but thoughts look a little different) Marital conflict deterioration in mood (bidirectional influence) Differential effects on men and women (caused direction is different0. Treat marital relationships at same time as mood disorders for greatest success. Those with bipolar disorder have better prognosis if married. Problems in relationship cause women to become depressed. Why higher prevalence of unipolar depression and anxiety in women. Greater need for affiliation (so more sensitive to relationships disruptions) Verbal aggression among teenage girls + greater sensibility to rejection. But when social support strong, seems to be more protective for women (generally) than men.
