Behavioural - Lewinsohn

Question 1

Method used ; how many days

Answer 1

Longitudinal

Over 30days

Self report of pleasant activities on the pleasant events scheduled

Self report of depression using the depression adjective checklist

Question 2

How many participant

Answer 2

30 ps =

• 10 depression
• 10 a disorder other than depression
• 10 a normal control group

Question 3

Design

Answer 3

IMD

Quasi

Question 4

Procedure:

Answer 4

Ps asked to check mood daily using depression adjective checklist ; happy,active
- ticked the one they felt that day

Then asked to complete the pleasant activities scale rating 320 activities suck as sport, yoga
- these were rated twice on a scale of 3 (rating scale)

Seen as positive reinforcement

Question 5

Results

Answer 5

Significant positive correlation between mood ratings and pleasant activities

Involvement with more pleasant mood being correlated with positive mood rating

Individual diff from 0 to -0.66, which shows that there is more to depression than reinforcement from pleasant activities

Question 6

What was concluded e

Answer 6

There appears to be a link between reinforcement from pleasant activities and mood

Further research is needed to identify the individual characteristics that make some people more influenced by pleasant activities than others

Question 7

Aim

Answer 7

To compare the amount of positive reinforcement received by depressed and non-depressed ps