Joiner T E, Barnett J
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 77555.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1994 Oct;22(5):595-609. doi: 10.1007/BF02168940.
Using a projective technique among child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients, we tested several hypotheses derived from Coyne's (1976b) interpersonal theory of depression. First, we predicted that depression would be associated with rejection, even controlling for the effects of aggression. Depression and rejection were associated only when aggression effects were covaried. Second, we hypothesized that the depression-rejection relation would display symptom specificity. Consistent with this hypothesis, we found that depression, but not anxiety, was related to rejection. Third, we assessed whether an index of interpersonal style--reliance on others--moderated the depression-rejection relation. Results suggested that depression and overreliance were both associated with high rejection scores, whereas the combination of low depression and low reliance on others was associated with low rejection scores. We found that results held across age groups. The implications of our findings for the interpersonal theory of depression in youngsters are discussed.
我们在儿童和青少年精神科住院患者中运用投射技术，检验了源自科因（1976b）抑郁人际理论的若干假设。首先，我们预测，即便控制了攻击行为的影响，抑郁仍会与被拒有关。仅当攻击行为的影响被协变量控制时，抑郁与被拒才有关联。其次，我们假设抑郁与被拒的关系会呈现症状特异性。与这一假设相符，我们发现抑郁而非焦虑与被拒有关。第三，我们评估了一种人际风格指标——对他人的依赖——是否调节了抑郁与被拒的关系。结果表明，抑郁和过度依赖都与高被拒分数有关，而低抑郁且低依赖他人的组合则与低被拒分数有关。我们发现这些结果在各年龄组中均成立。本文讨论了我们的研究结果对青少年抑郁人际理论的意义。
