Abstract
Hypotheses from self-control and cognitive distortion conceptions of depression were tested with 20 depressed and 20 nondepressed male psychiatric inpatients. Selective memory for negative events in depression was assessed by a test of memory for personally relevant adjectives. No differences were found. To assess selective attention to negative events in depression, subjects were asked to choose between negative and positive feedback alternatives. Depressed patients chose negative feedback more frequently. To assess negatively distorted self-monitoring, subjects tallied their own negative and positive interpersonal behaviors in a videotaped interaction. Depressed patients overestimated negative and underestimated positive behaviors, in comparison to nondepressed raters.
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