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Depression and Verbal Behavior in Conversations with Friends and Strangers

University of California

Jeanne Flora

California State University, Fullerton

This study sought to determine whether people with depression exhibited social skills deficits in the domain of verbal behavior. Thirty-five students with depression and 39 nondepressed students engaged in a 7-minute conversation with either a friend or a stranger. Results indicated no depressed-nondepressed differences in speech productivity or negativity. However, a number of significant interactions indicated that people with depression who talked with a friend exhibited more negative language and used more language indicative of partner-focused attention than other participants.

Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 4, 492-503 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X980174005


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