The present study examined Coyne's interpersonal theory of depression by measuring the interpersonal behaviors of depressed, nondepressed psychologically disturbed and normal college roommates (targets) from the beginning of the relationship until the end of one academic year (approximately nine months). Roommates of targets were normals. Diagnosis was confirmed by Research Diagnostic Criteria following interviews with the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. Roommates completed three laboratory sessions and weekly event inventories which were mailed to the laboratory. Measures included self-report descriptions (Interpersonal Checklist) and perceptions of interpersonal behaviors (Impact Message Inventory and Interpersonal Checklist describing roommate's behavior), weekly logs of events with the roommate and affective responses to these events (Interpersonal Events Schedule and Unpleasant Events Schedule), and content analyses of verbal behavior based on a 30 minute interaction during the laboratory sessions. Results indicated depressives (and nondepressed psychologically disturbed controls) behaved in a relatively distrusting and self-effacing manner throughout the academic year. At the beginning of the relationship depressives (and nondepressed psychologically disturbed controls) behaved in a relatively distrustful manner. Results also indicated roommates described depressives (and nondepressed psychologically disturbed controls) as behaving in a distrustful manner throughout the study. A pattern of decreases in satisfaction with the relationship followed by increases in satisfaction was revealed for the depressed and normal targets and a pattern of decreases in satisfaction followed by increases was revealed for the nondepressed psychologically disturbed target subjects. In addition, the nondepressed psychologically disturbed targets made / significantly fewer positive self-statements than did the depressed and normal targets. The nondepressed psychologically disturbed targets also perceived their roommates as behaving in a more responsible manner relative to the normal and depressed targets. The results are discussed in relation to Coyne's conceptualization. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-08, Section: B, page: 4468. / Major Professor: Jack E. Hokanson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76479 |
| Contributors | Hedeen, Carla Arlene., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 132 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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