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ERIC Number: EJ231653
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Jul
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Motivational Deficit in Depression: People's Expectations X Outcomes' Impacts.
Layne, Christopher
Journal of Clinical Psychology, v36 n3 p647-52 Jul 1980
Concludes that depression consists of low reward motivation and high punisher motivation. Depressed people exhibit their most severe motivational deficits in ambiguous social situations. Depressed people engage in few instrumental and operant behaviors, and in many escape and avoidance behaviors. (Author)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Behavior Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Expectation, Literature Reviews, Motivation, Punishment, Rewards, Self Concept, Social Reinforcement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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