The Effects of Depression on Impression Formation: The Role of Trait and Category Diagnosticity

• Published in: Personality & social psychology bulletin Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 462 - 473
• Main Authors: Edwards, John A., Weary, Gifford, von Hippel, William, Jacobson, Jill A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2000; Sage Publications, Inc; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Categorization; Depression; Diagnostics; Impression formation; Mental depression; Patients; Psychology; Social information processing

Two studies examined the impact of trait and category diagnosticity on the social information processing of depressed and non-depressed participants. As suggested by the Weary, Marsh, Gleicher, and Edwards model of the effects of depression on social information processing, it was predicted that dep...