Situational-specificity of motivational differences between depressed and nondepressed subjects.
Performance on an easy or a difficult coding task for 4 90-sec. repetitions by 15 college women who showed depressive symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory and the MMPI-Depression Scale and 15 who did not indicated no support for a psychological or motivational deficit in depression. Replication with clinically depressed persons is recommended.
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance