L33 Psych 354 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 Notes
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Commonly held belief: depressed people stay depressed due to a failure to accept supportive information from others. Depressed anxious and hostile following interactions with depressed patients than with any other group. Hypothesized that depressed were too disclosing of personal things. More rejecting of the depressed patient than they were of any other group. More rejection of depressed leads to more social anxiety. More likely to reject opportunities for future interaction if their own mood was depressed following their conversations. People separated or divorced are the most likely to be depressed. Never married people have higher rates of depression than those married people. Maybe if they were depressed, they were never able to marry. Maybe they are depressed because of their lack of marriage. High relation between marital dissatisfaction and depression for men and women. Marital therapy effective for treating depression in the spouse. More sensitive to things that interrupt their schedules.
