Herbert J D, Nelson-Gray R O, Herbert D L
Medical College of Pennsylvania/EPPI.
Behav Modif. 1992 Jan;16(1):82-102. doi: 10.1177/01454455920161004.
This study examined the responsivity of depressives' behavior to contingent social feedback within the framework of Coyne's and Lewinsohn's models of depression. Subjects included 10 depressed inpatients, 8 nondepressed psychiatric inpatients, and 10 nondepressed individuals. Each subject participated in two structured interactions with an experimenter in baseline phases and phases in which ongoing contingent feedback was provided by a pair of observers. The results revealed that the behavior of all three subject groups was responsive to the feedback in both interactions. The results are consistent with past research demonstrating social skills problems among depressed individuals but do not support the notion of a social skill deficit in depression. The results are consistent with Coyne's model of depression and suggest that the problematic social behavior often associated with depression may be modifiable by immediate veridical feedback from others.
本研究在科因（Coyne）和莱温索恩（Lewinsohn）的抑郁症模型框架内，考察了抑郁症患者行为对偶然社会反馈的反应性。研究对象包括10名住院抑郁症患者、8名非抑郁症精神科住院患者和10名非抑郁症个体。每位研究对象在基线阶段以及由一对观察者提供持续偶然反馈的阶段，与一名实验者进行了两次结构化互动。结果显示，所有三组研究对象的行为在两次互动中均对反馈有反应。这些结果与过去表明抑郁症患者存在社交技能问题的研究一致，但并不支持抑郁症存在社交技能缺陷的观点。这些结果与科因的抑郁症模型一致，并表明通常与抑郁症相关的有问题的社会行为可能会因他人即时的真实反馈而得到改善。
