title: Cultural differences in interpersonal responses to depressives' nonverbal behaviour.
abstract: The Social Impression and Interpersonal Attraction of British depressed patients was rated by British and German subjects on the basis of the patients' video-recorded nonverbal behaviour. Depressives were rated negatively by all subjects. Males in both cultural groups agreed in their ratings of depressives but German females expressed a more negative attitude than British females. This is attributed to cultural differences in sex-appropriate interactive behaviour. The importance of studying the expression of depression and its meaning within a particular cultural context is indicated and the role of cultural differences in interactive behaviour is discussed with respect to intercultural assessment and treatment of depression.
authors.affiliation: Forschungstelle für Psychotherapie, Stuttgart, F.R.G.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanger
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Summerfield
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012649:Self Concept