Negative expectations and self-evaluations in dysphoria

Virginia Fowkes Clark1, W. M. Nelson2
1Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford
2Department of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati

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In a sample of female college students, dysphoric and “intermittently’ dysphoric subjects, in comparison to nondysphoric subjects, were expected to perform more poorly on a game requiring eye-hand coordination. Actual performance showed no differences between these three groups. Following performance, relative to nondysphoric subjects, dysphoric and intermittently dysphoric subjects evaluated their performance more negatively. Results are discussed in terms of cognitive theories of depression and recent research. Implications for future research are suggested.

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