Depressive personality styles, dysphoria, and social comparisons in everyday life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caterina Giordano (University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Joanne V Wood (0009-0007-3270-6592), John L Michela (0000-0002-2991-7264) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 438-451 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.79.3.438 |
| PMID | 10981845 |
| OpenAlex | W2069161466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 6 |
"Sociotropic" people are supposedly vulnerable to dysphoria after negative interpersonal events, whereas "autonomous" people are supposedly vulnerable to achievement-related failures. The present study examined whether these personality styles are borne out in social comparison processes. For 3 weeks, 27 sociotropic and 35 autonomous undergraduates completed records of their social comparisons. Depressive personality style moderated comparison frequency and the affective consequences of comparisons, especially for dysphoric individuals: Dysphoric respondents were especially likely to make comparisons in domains that were congruent with their personalities, and comparisons in congruent domains were associated with greater mood change than comparisons in other domains, perhaps especially for dysphoric respondents. These results have implications for the literatures on social comparison and on depressive personality styles.
Anxiety · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Dysphoria · Everyday life · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Mood · Perception · Personality · Personality Assessment Inventory · Personality psychology · Psychiatry · Social perception · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |