Pe Madeline L, Gotlib Ian H, Van den Noortgate Wim, Kuppens Peter
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA.
Clin Psychol Sci. 2016 Jul;4(4):675-682. doi: 10.1177/2167702615602672. Epub 2015 Oct 30.
Interpersonal theories of depression postulate that depressed individuals' experience of social isolation is attributable, in part, to their tendency to behave in ways that elicit rejection from others. Depression contagion has been implicated as a factor that may account for the rejection of depressed individuals. The current study revisits this hypothesis using a controlled, but realistically motivated setting: speed-dating. Approximately two weeks before the speed-dating event, participants' depression levels were assessed. During the event, participants had four-minute "dates" with opposite-sex partners. After each date, they responded to items measuring their affect and romantic attraction. At the end of the evening, participants indicated which partners they wanted to see again. Our results did not support depression contagion: after four minutes of interaction with partners with high levels of depressive symptoms, participants did not experience increased negative affect; instead, they experienced reduced positive affect, which led to the rejection of these partners.
抑郁症的人际理论假定，抑郁个体的社会孤立体验部分归因于他们以引发他人拒绝的方式行事的倾向。抑郁传染被认为是一个可能导致他人拒绝抑郁个体的因素。本研究使用一个可控但具有现实动机的情境——速配，重新审视了这一假设。在速配活动大约两周前，对参与者的抑郁水平进行了评估。在活动期间，参与者与异性伴侣进行四分钟的“约会”。每次约会后，他们回答测量自己情绪和浪漫吸引力的项目。在当晚结束时，参与者指出他们想再次见面的伴侣。我们的结果不支持抑郁传染：在与有高度抑郁症状的伴侣互动四分钟后，参与者并没有体验到负面影响增加；相反，他们体验到积极情绪减少，这导致他们拒绝了这些伴侣。
