Receipt of negative feedback is related to increased negative feedback seeking among individuals with depressive symptoms

Further examination of the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and depression: The mediating role of experiential avoidance and difficulties engaging in goal-directed behavior when distressed

“…Although this finding has not emerged in previous studies examining the relationship between AS and depressive states, it is not entirely inconsistent with research suggesting the strong role of interpersonal factors in depression (see Joiner, 2002, for a review). For example, studies have found that depressed, compared to nondepressed, individuals report higher levels of fear of negative evaluation and greater sensitivity to negative feedback and rejection (e.g., Casbon, Burns, Bradbury, & Joiner, 2005). Fear of publicly observable anxiety reactions may be capturing aspects of this interpersonally based depression vulnerability.…”

The Relational Self and Pre-existing Depression: Implicit Activation of Significant-other Representations Exacerbates Dysphoria and Evokes Rejection in the Working Self-concept

“…Depressed individuals may also respond to others in ways that place them at increased risk of further rejection and depression. One study found that depressed individuals responded to negative verbal feedback from their spouses by seeking more negative feedback, compared to non-depressed individuals (Casbon, Burns, Bradbury, & Joiner, 2005). A prospective study of 496 adolescent girls found that low parental support predicted a diagnosis of major depression.…”

Gender Differences in Stress Generation: Examination of Interpersonal Predictors

“…It is likely that the gender difference in stress generation is driven by multiple factors and no one variable will fully mediate or explain the gender difference in stress generation. Other interpersonal variables that may potentially help explain the gender difference in stress generation include behaviors such as excessive reassurance seeking (ERS; Joiner, 2000) and negative feedback seeking (NFS; e.g., Casbon, Burns, Bradbury, & Joiner, 2004). Furthermore, while interpersonal vulnerability factors are likely mediators, noninterpersonal vulnerability factors (e.g., neuroticism or rumination) may also explain gender differences in the interpersonal stress generation effect.…”