Conformity and achievement-related characteristics of depressed patients.
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Vol. 71 (6) , 407-412
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0020305
Abstract
Conformity and achievement-related characteristics of 10 hospitalized depressed patients and 11 matched acute schizophrenics were studied in an Asch-type conformity situation,and by the use of self-report inventories. It was found that in the conformity situation, depressed Ss [subjects] showed a greater tendency to conform to social pressure than did the controls. When conformity and achievement were assessed by the use of self-reports, the results were either nonsignificant or opposite to those found In the conformity situation. The results were compared with recent theory and research dealing with cyclical affective disorder s.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- CONFORMITY AND ACHIEVEMENT IN REMITTED MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PATIENTSJournal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1963