TY - JOUR
T1 - Negative Reactions to Depressive Behaviors
T2 - A Communication Theories Analysis
AU - Segrin, Chris
AU - Abramson, Lyn Y.
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - Interpersonal aspects of depression have received considerable research attention in the past 2 decades. This work often has been guided by J.C. Coyne's (1976b) interactional model of depression or P.M. Lewinsohn's (1974) social skill deficit theory of depression. A review of this research indicates that depressed people reliably experience rejection from those in their social environment and that depression generally is associated with impairments in social behavior. However, this research does not explain exactly what depressed people do to elicit rejection, or exactly why others react negatively to them. Research derived from communication theories on responsiveness, politeness, and expectations for nonverbal involvement illuminates that interpersonal cycle in depression. The role of these impairments in the cause, symptoms, course, subtypes, and therapy of depression is discussed.
AB - Interpersonal aspects of depression have received considerable research attention in the past 2 decades. This work often has been guided by J.C. Coyne's (1976b) interactional model of depression or P.M. Lewinsohn's (1974) social skill deficit theory of depression. A review of this research indicates that depressed people reliably experience rejection from those in their social environment and that depression generally is associated with impairments in social behavior. However, this research does not explain exactly what depressed people do to elicit rejection, or exactly why others react negatively to them. Research derived from communication theories on responsiveness, politeness, and expectations for nonverbal involvement illuminates that interpersonal cycle in depression. The role of these impairments in the cause, symptoms, course, subtypes, and therapy of depression is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-843X.103.4.655
DO - 10.1037/0021-843X.103.4.655
M3 - Article
C2 - 7822566
AN - SCOPUS:0028063665
VL - 103
SP - 655
EP - 668
JO - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
SN - 0021-843X
IS - 4
ER -