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Depressive self-presentation: beyond self-handicapping.

G Weary1, J P Williams

  • 1Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|May 1, 1990
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Depressed individuals strategically fail tasks when future performance is expected, aiming to protect self-esteem. This self-presentation, however, increases their negative affect and discomfort.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Depression is often associated with protective self-presentation styles.
  • The goal of this style may be to avoid future performance demands and potential self-esteem losses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if depressed individuals exhibit a protective self-presentation style.
  • To investigate if this style involves strategic failure to avoid future performance and esteem threats.

Main Methods:

  • Depressed and nondepressed participants performed a visual-motor task.
  • Participants were assigned to conditions with or without the expectation of future performance based on success.

Main Results:

  • Depressed participants strategically failed the task more often than nondepressed participants when future performance was expected.

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  • This strategic failure in depressed individuals was linked to increased negative affect and discomfort.

    • Conclusions:

    • Depression is associated with a self-presentation strategy involving strategic failure to mitigate self-esteem threats.
    • This self-handicapping behavior comes at the cost of increased negative emotional experiences.