A Clinical Investigation of Cognitive Interpersonal Model of Depression：Personality Predispositions and Schematic Responses to Facial Emotions
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Chang, Hsiao-Hui
Abstract
In the cognitive view of depression, depressogenic schmata activated by stressful events often cause an individual to become depressed and sustaine depressive mood. Interpersonal model of depression postulates that negative feedbacks from others during the interpersonal interactions cause one to maintain depressed mood. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the functions of nonverbal information acquired based on the framework of integrated interpersonal-cognitive model of depression, and to examine the differences of diathesis stress paths between sociotropic/dependent and autonomous/self-critical types and depression. Participants were 31 clinically depressed patients. Negative schemata activation toward facial emotional expressions was evaluated by a computerized program. Personality trait, reassurance seeking outcome and depression were evaluated by questionnaires. The results showed that, first, negative schemata activation correlated positively with depression severity for both negative and positive facial emotions in depressed patients. Second, neither negative interpersonal emotion experience nor negative feedback from others moderated the relation between negative schemata activation and severity of depression. Negative schemata activation did not mediate either the path from negative interpersonal emotion experience or negative feedback from others to severity of depression. Third, negative interpersonal emotion experience had moderating effects on the path from sociotropic/dependent personality trait to depression. It is suggested that an individual with autonomous/self-critical personality trait may reduce positive interpersonal experience through activation of negative schemata and then become depressed. Finally, this thesis discusses the relation among negative schemata activation, facial emotional expression and depression. More discussions are addressed on the diathesis stress model of sociotropic/dependent personality trait and autonomous/self-critical personality trait. According the results, suggestions for clinical practice and future researches are also provided.
Subjects
depression
interpersonal-cognitive model of depression
facial emotional expression
depressogenic schemata
negative schemata activation
sociotropic/dependent personality trait
autonomous/self-criticial personality trait
Type
thesis
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