Joiner T E
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0425.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1994 Aug;67(2):287-96. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.67.2.287.
This study prospectively examined the phenomenon of contagious depression in 96 pairs of college roommates during 2 assessment sessions separated by 3 weeks. Depression, anxiety, negative and positive affect, negative life stress, and reassurance seeking were assessed. Consistent with prediction, roommates of depressed target students became more depressed themselves over the course of the 3-week study. The effect persisted when baseline levels of roommate depression and roommate negative life events were controlled. Furthermore, these findings were specific to depressed symptoms. Finally, as predicted, reassurance seeking served as a vulnerability factor for the contagion effect: High-but not low-reassurance-seeking roommates of depressed target students became more depressed themselves. However, the moderating effects of reassurance seeking were not specific to depressed symptoms.
本研究前瞻性地考察了96对大学室友在间隔3周的两次评估期间的传染性抑郁现象。对抑郁、焦虑、消极和积极情绪、负面生活压力以及寻求安慰进行了评估。与预测一致，在为期3周的研究过程中，抑郁目标学生的室友自身也变得更加抑郁。在控制了室友抑郁和室友负面生活事件的基线水平后，这种效应依然存在。此外，这些发现仅针对抑郁症状。最后，正如预测的那样，寻求安慰是传染效应的一个易感性因素：抑郁目标学生中寻求安慰程度高（而非低）的室友自身变得更加抑郁。然而，寻求安慰的调节作用并非仅针对抑郁症状。
