Perceptual biases, affect, and behavior in the relationships of dependents and self-critics.
Aspects of interpersonal, personality, and cognitive models of depression were tested in a college sample. The perceptions and actual interpersonal behaviors of dependent and self-critical women and their romantic partners were assessed during a conflict-resolution task. Dependent women were characterized by positive biases in the perception of lovingness expressed within the relationship. The partners of dependent women, however, experienced a decrease in positive affect and a trend toward increasing hostility during the conflict-resolution task. Self-critical women were objectively rated as less loving and more hostile, and their partners were also rated as less loving. Self-critics also exhibited negative biases in self-perceptions of submissiveness. The results are interpreted within a comprehensive framework integrating various elements of interpersonal, personality, and cognitive models of depression.
Department of Psychology, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada. mongrain@yorku.ca
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology