Pleasure from activities and self-defeating personality.
As predicted, people who scored higher on a measure of Self-defeating Personality reported experiencing less pleasure and enjoyment from individual and social activities as well as from personal accomplishments. The results were consistent with the idea that these people maintain a self-image of "loser" by minimizing or discounting positives in their lives. Results were also consistent with prior research showing a positive relationship between self-defeating personality and depressive affect.
Schill
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Beyler
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Sharp
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010990:Pleasure-Pain Principle; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior