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      Self-discrepancies, depression proneness, and current mood state : a test of Higgins'and Ogilvie's theories

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      Date
      1999-04-01
      Author
      Baskerville, Shannon Lee
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Doctoral
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      Abstract
      Higgins (1987) argued that perceived discrepancies between actual-self and ideal-self increase vulnerability to depression. Ogilvie (1987) argued that discrepancies between actual-self and undesired-self are more powerful determinants of depression. To test these claims, and to assess the effects of mood on reported discrepancies, 190 psychology undergraduates completed measures of their actual, ideal, and undesired selves, along with measures of depression (Depression Adjective Checklist and Beck Depression Inventory) and depression proneness (Depression Proneness Rating Scale). Approximately 3 weeks later, 147 of these participants were assigned to either a positive, negative, or no mood induction procedure, and again completed measures of actual, ideal, and undesired selves. Actual-ideal discrepancies were associated with current depression (' r' =.19, 'p' =.008) and with depression proneness ('r' =.28, 'p' =.001). More importantly, the relationship between actual-ideal discrepancies and depression proneness was, to some extent, independent of current mood, as measured by the DACL (partial ' r' =.19, 'p' =.008). Nevertheless, induced moods also affected the reporting of actual-ideal discrepancies, with negative mood induction increasing discrepancy scores and positive mood induction decreasing discrepancy scores ( b =.49, 'p'
      Degree
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
      Department
      Psychology
      Program
      Psychology
      Committee
      Cheesman, James E. (Jim)
      Copyright Date
      April 1999
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10212004-000903
      Subject
      mood induction
      depression
      Ogilvie's undesired-self theory
      Higgins' self-discrepancy theory
      self-perception
      E. Tory Higgins 1946-
      Daniel M. Ogilvie
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