Joiner T E, Metalsky G I
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-1270, USA.
Psychol Sci. 2001 Sep;12(5):371-8. doi: 10.1111/1467-9280.00369.
Six studies investigated (a) the construct validity of reassurance seeking and (b) reassurance seeking as a specific vulnerability factor for depressive symptoms. Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that reassurance seeking is a reasonably cohesive, replicable, and valid construct, discernible from related interpersonal variables. Study 3 demonstrated that reassurance seeking displayed diagnostic specificity to depression, whereas other interpersonal variables did not, in a sample of clinically diagnosed participants. Study 4 prospectively assessed a group of initially symptom-free participants, and showed that those who developed future depressive symptoms (as compared with those who remained symptom-free) obtained elevated reassurance-seeking scores at baseline, when all participants were symptom-free, but did not obtain elevated scores on other interpersonal variables. Studies 5 and 6 indicate that reassurance seeking predicts future depressive reactions to stress. Taken together, the six studies support the construct validity of reassurance seeking, as well as its potential role as a specific vulnerability factor for depression.
（a）寻求安慰的结构效度，以及（b）寻求安慰作为抑郁症状的一个特定易感性因素。研究1和2表明，寻求安慰是一个具有相当凝聚力、可复制且有效的结构，可与相关人际变量区分开来。研究3表明，在临床诊断的参与者样本中，寻求安慰对抑郁症具有诊断特异性，而其他人际变量则不具有。研究4对一组最初无症状的参与者进行了前瞻性评估，结果显示，那些未来出现抑郁症状的人（与无症状者相比）在基线时寻求安慰的得分较高，此时所有参与者均无症状，但在其他人际变量上得分并未升高。研究5和6表明，寻求安慰可预测未来对压力的抑郁反应。综合来看，这六项研究支持了寻求安慰的结构效度，以及它作为抑郁症特定易感性因素的潜在作用。
