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[Mood and social information processing in depressive disorders].

D Kommer, N Schwarz, F Strack

    Zeitschrift Fur Klinische Psychologie, Psychopathologie Und Psychotherapie
    |January 1, 1986
    PubMed
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    Depression influences how individuals perceive well-being. Non-depressed individuals feel better on sunny days, while depressed individuals report higher well-being on rainy days, attributing negative feelings to weather.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychiatry
    • Affective Science

    Context:

    • Mood significantly influences subjective well-being judgments.
    • Naturalistic mood manipulations, like weather, offer insights into affective processes.
    • Understanding mood's role is crucial for differentiating between healthy and depressed individuals' experiences.

    Purpose:

    • To investigate the informative and directive functions of mood in well-being judgments.
    • To explore differences in mood-well-being relationships between depressed and non-depressed individuals.

    Summary:

    • Non-depressed participants reported higher well-being on sunny days compared to rainy days.
    • Depressed participants reported higher well-being and future optimism on rainy days versus sunny days.

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  • Depressed individuals' well-being was lower when positive situational factors (sunny weather) were present, but higher when negative feelings could be attributed to external factors (rainy weather).

    • Impact:

    • Findings support a social information processing approach to depression, contrasting with purely cognitive models.
    • This framework accounts for natural mood fluctuations and mood's contribution to depression maintenance.
    • Highlights the importance of situational attributions in understanding depression and well-being.