Caught in the Crossfire: Depression, Self-Consistency, Self-Enhancement, and the Response of Others

Joiner, Thomas E.; Alfano, Mark S.; Metalsky, Gerald I.

doi:10.1521/jscp.1993.12.2.113

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“…These fi ndings support prior studies that highlight the detrimental infl uence of depressive symptoms on the quality of interpersonal relationships (e.g., Gotlib and Lee, 1989;Joiner et al, 1992Joiner et al, , 1993reviewed in Joiner, 2002). In addition, they add to prior work on the positive infl uence of a supportive social network on sobriety (Bond et al, 2003;Litt et al, 2009) by emphasizing the importance of the quality of peer relationships.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…According to such theory, individuals experiencing depressive symptoms should have less harmonious, or more confl icted, friend and partner relationships. In fact, there is substantial evidence that adults and children with higher levels of depressive symptoms have lower quality relationships characterized by rejection and dissatisfaction (e.g., Gotlib and Lee, 1989;Joiner et al, 1992Joiner et al, , 1993reviewed in Joiner, 2002; see also Chan and Poulin, 2009;Rudolph et al, 2007). There is also an inverse relation between level of depressive symptoms and amount of marital satisfaction (Kouros et al, 2008).…”

Section: Depressive Symptoms and Friend And Partner Relationship Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Depressive Symptoms, Friend and Partner Relationship Quality, and Posttreatment Abstinence

McKee

Bonn‐Miller²,

Moos³

2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study employed a prospective design to examine the role of friend and partner relationship quality 1 year following substance use disorder treatment in the association between depressive symptoms at discharge from treatment and abstinence from substance use 2 years after treatment. Method: The sample consisted of 1,453 male veterans who used alcohol and at least one other substance in the 3 months before treatment admission, who completed treatment, and who were abstinent from substances during the 2 weeks before discharge. Results: Fewer depressive symptoms at treatment discharge predicted better relationship quality with friends and a partner at 1-year follow-up, as well as abstinence from substance use at 2-year follow-up. Furthermore, friend and partner relationship quality at 1 year predicted abstinence from substance use at 2 years. Friend relationship quality at 1 year mediated part of the association between fewer depressive symptoms at treatment discharge and abstinence at 2-year follow-up. Conclusions: A stronger focus in treatment on reducing depressive symptoms and enhancing the quality of patients' relationships with their friends and partner may increase the likelihood of long-term abstinence.

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Section: Depressive Symptoms and Friend And Partner Relationship Qualitymentioning

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Depressive Symptoms, Friend and Partner Relationship Quality, and Posttreatment Abstinence

McKee

Bonn‐Miller²,

Moos³

2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Past research has also demonstrated that rumination is associated decreased reports of having received needed social support (Nolen-Hoeksema & Davis, 1999). Given that rumination is associated with excessive reassurance-seeking, and that excessive reassurance-seeking is associated with interpersonal rejection (Joiner et al, 1992(Joiner et al, , 1993, one might anticipate that high ruminators would perceive or report overall decreases in social support. In order to clarify these of associations, however, further research is warranted.…”

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Rumination and Excessive Reassurance-Seeking in Depression: A Cognitive–Interpersonal Integration

Weinstock

Whisman

2006

Cogn Ther Res

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The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary investigation into the crosssectional associations between depression, rumination, and excessive reassuranceseeking. Guided by conceptual linkages between these variables, ruminative response style was examined as both a potential moderator and as a potential mediator of the association between depressive symptoms and excessive reassuranceseeking in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 244). Results from this investigation suggest that rumination mediates, but does not moderate, the association between depression and excessive reassurance-seeking. Findings are discussed within the context of integrating cognitive and interpersonal perspectives within the study of depression.

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“…Depressed individuals have been found to engage in higher levels of reassurance seeking and negative feedback seeking (Joiner, Alfano, & Metalsky, 1993;Joiner & Metalsky, 1995;Joiner, Metalsky, Katz, & Beach, 1999), to be more self-punitive in their interpersonal behavior (Blumberg & Hokanson, 1983), restricted, passive and underresponsive in their interpersonal behaviors (Coyne, Aldwin, & Lazarus, 1981;Lewinsohn & Shafer, 1971), and helpless, sad, pessimistic, vulnerable and generally negative in the content of their statements (Blumberg & Hokanson, 1983;Coyne et al, 1981;Gotlib & Robinson, 1982) relative to non-depressed individuals. These results have been found for self-report instruments, interaction partner reports and objective observer reports (Gotlib & Robinson, 1982).…”

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Relative Contributions of Relationship Distress and Depression to Communication Patterns in Couples

Baucom¹,

Eldridge²,

Jones³

et al. 2007

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

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Researchers have long been interested in the relationship between marital distress and depression. Empirical findings from investigations into the relative contributions of marital distress and depression to marital communication have been inconsistent, and some communication behaviors, such as the demand/withdraw interaction pattern, have yet to be examined. The ability of depression to predict major types of communication (positive communication, negative communication, problem-solving, and demand/withdraw) was analyzed after controlling for the shared variance between marital distress and depression. Across two studies of couples beginning therapy and one study of couples beginning an enhancement program, results failed to provide support for a unique contribution of depression to couples' communication behaviors. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript studies that have measured depression categorically as well as continuously (Whisman, 2001). A relationship between marital distress and depression of approximately the same size as reported by Whisman (2001) has also been found in treatment studies of depressed psychiatric inpatients and outpatients (e.g. Coleman & Miller, 1975), marital therapy treatment studies of both newlywed and well-established couples (e.g. Davila, Bradbury, Cohan, & Tochluk, 1997), treatment studies of specifically distressed and depressed couples (e.g. Beach & O'Leary, 1992) and descriptive studies of community samples both in the United States as well as in other countries, such as Sweden (Freden, 1982).Studies have also shown both marital distress and depression affect marital communication.Although communication has been categorized using different taxonomies by couples researchers and depression researchers, empirical results from the two separate literatures suggest that both marital distress and depression play an important role in the way that couples communicate.Distressed couples have been found to communicate differently from their non-distressed counterparts along several dimensions (see Weiss & Heyman, 1997 for a review). Relative to non-distressed couples, distressed couples generally display increased levels of negativity and decreased levels of positivity in their every day interactions as well as in problem solving attempts (e.g., Gottman, Markman, & Notarius, 1977;Julien, Markman, & Lindahl, 1989).In addition to increased levels of negativity, decreased levels of positivity, and impaired problem-solving, distressed spouses tend to interact with one another using the demand/ withdraw pattern. The demand/withdraw pattern occurs when one spouse makes a complaint or request for a change and the other spouse avoids or withdraws from the discussion, presumably to avoid an argument or having to make the requested change (Christensen, 1988). In conflicted couples wives most often assume the demanding role and husbands assume the withdrawing role, particularly when discussing changes that the wife would like in the relationship (Chri...

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Caught in the Crossfire: Depression, Self-Consistency, Self-Enhancement, and the Response of Others

Cited by 137 publications

References 44 publications

Depressive Symptoms, Friend and Partner Relationship Quality, and Posttreatment Abstinence

Depressive Symptoms, Friend and Partner Relationship Quality, and Posttreatment Abstinence

Rumination and Excessive Reassurance-Seeking in Depression: A Cognitive–Interpersonal Integration

Relative Contributions of Relationship Distress and Depression to Communication Patterns in Couples

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