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  • Clinical Psychology

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  • Depression is often associated with cognitive deficits.
  • Previous research suggests impaired performance in individuals with depressive symptoms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between dysphoria and performance on an eye-hand coordination task.
  • To examine self-evaluation of performance in dysphoric versus nondysphoric individuals.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of female college students was divided into dysphoric, intermittently dysphoric, and nondysphoric groups.
  • Participants completed a game requiring eye-hand coordination.
  • Self-evaluations of performance were collected post-task.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in actual performance on the eye-hand coordination task were found between the three groups.
  • Dysphoric and intermittently dysphoric participants rated their performance more negatively compared to nondysphoric participants.

Conclusions:

  • Dysphoria may not impair objective performance in tasks like eye-hand coordination.
  • Cognitive biases, specifically negative self-evaluation, appear more prominent in dysphoric individuals.
  • Findings align with cognitive theories of depression and highlight the need for further research.