Depression and social problem solving.

Journal article

Twenty depressed patients with major depressive disorder, 20 nondepressed matched control subjects, and 17 patients with anxiety disorders were compared in different measures of social problem solving. Problem solving was assessed with the Means-Ends Problem-Solving Test (Study 1), the solution of personal problems, and a problem-solving questionnaire (Study 2). Results showed that, as predicted, depressed subjects suffered from a deficit in problem solving in all three measures. The majority...

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Authors: Marx, E; Williams, J; Claridge, G

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of abnormal psychology
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 78-86
• Publication date: 1992-02-01
• DOI: 10.1037//0021-843x.101.1.78
• EISSN: 1939-1846
• ISSN: 0021-843X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Social Adjustment; Personality Assessment; Female; Interpersonal Relations; Adult; Middle Aged; Male; Social Environment; Problem Solving; Humans; Depressive Disorder