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Differences in automatic social information processing between nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals.

Cecilia Cheng1, Chi-Yue Chiu

  • 1Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon. c.cheng@ust.hk

Journal of Personality
|March 23, 2002
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Nondepressed individuals make more positive social judgments after pleasant reminders, while subclinically depressed individuals make more negative judgments after unpleasant reminders. These automatic social processing differences were observed regardless of memory load.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Individual differences in automatic social information processing are significant.
  • Nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals exhibit distinct interpersonal experiences.
  • These differing experiences may lead to varied social information processing styles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how depression levels influence automatic social information processing.
  • To examine differences in social relationship judgments between nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals.
  • To determine the effect of memory load on these social judgment processes.

Main Methods:

  • Participants made judgments about social relationships after being reminded of a target person.

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  • Judgments were made under either a light or heavy memory load condition.
  • The study compared responses of nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals.

    • Main Results:

    • Nondepressed participants reported more positive judgments following pleasant social reminders compared to subclinically depressed participants.
    • Subclinically depressed participants reported more negative judgments following unpleasant social reminders compared to nondepressed participants.
    • Memory load did not affect performance, indicating automatic processing.

    Conclusions:

    • Automatic social information processing differs between nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals.
    • Interpersonal experiences associated with depression levels shape social judgments.
    • These findings highlight the automatic nature of social cognition in relation to mood.