Sacco W P, Milana S, Dunn V K
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1985 Dec;49(6):1728-37. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.49.6.1728.
This experiment examined an interpersonal-process view of depression by assessing subjects' reactions to a request for help from a hypothetical depressed or nondepressed person with whom they had been acquainted for a relatively short (2 weeks) or long (1 year) period of time. Subjects responded to each of the four hypothetical persons by indicating their probable affective reactions to the request, the number of minutes they would be willing to help, their desire for future social contact with the hypothetical person, and their expectations of future requests for help. Requests from depressed persons elicited significantly more anger and social rejection but equal amounts of concern and willingness to help. This mixed response pattern was interpreted as providing partial support for an interpersonal-process view of depression. In addition a path analysis provided limited support for Coyne's (1976b) hypothesis that rejection of depressed persons results from the negative mood they induce in others.
本实验通过评估受试者对来自一个假设的抑郁症患者或非抑郁症患者寻求帮助请求的反应，来检验抑郁症的人际过程观点。这些假设的患者与受试者相识时间较短（2周）或较长（1年）。受试者针对这四个假设的人做出回应，表明他们对该请求可能的情感反应、愿意提供帮助的分钟数、对与该假设人物未来社交接触的渴望，以及对未来求助请求的预期。来自抑郁症患者的请求引发了明显更多的愤怒和社会排斥，但关心和帮助意愿的程度相同。这种混合的反应模式被解释为为抑郁症的人际过程观点提供了部分支持。此外，路径分析为科因（1976b）的假设提供了有限的支持，即对抑郁症患者的排斥源于他们在他人身上引发的负面情绪。
