DEPRESSIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS

提出了一项为期8个月的纵向研究， 临床抑郁症大学生和他们的 （非抑郁）室友。 一个大约150人的样本 个人是预料之中的。 正常室友的对照组，以及 如果室友中有一个人表现出非抑郁性精神病理学， 采用 对每个受试者的人际行为进行多项测量， 对室友的情感反应和认知 每隔两个月收集一次。 该项目的目的是评估 抑郁症的人际关系理论，并确定关系因素 导致抑郁症持续存在

An 8-month longitudinal study is proposed that evaluates the developing relationships between clinically depressed college students and their (nondepressed) roommates. A sample of approximately 150 depressed individuals is anticipated. Control groups of normal roommates, and roommates where one person displays nondepressive psychopathology will be used. Multiple measures of each subject's interpersonal behaviors, emotional reactions and cognitions regarding their roommates will be gathered at 2-month intervals. The aim of the project is to evaluate interpersonal theories of depression and to identify relationship factors that contribute to a maintenance of depression.