Depression and field dependence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorDrury, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-12T22:22:03Z
dc.date.available2017-11-12T22:22:03Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.description.abstractA psychophysiological analysis of the development of psychological differentiation is presented and compared with the psychophysiological state of self-actualization. The psychological state associated with self-actualization is presented as the baseline for measuring all human behaviour. The analysis of psychological differentiation suggests that both ends of this continuum represent a deviation from the baseline of the self-actualized state. It is suggested that one of the possible consequences of this deviation is the pathological state of depression. Thirty-one depressed patients from three hospitals were examined using a battery of tests which produced a number of significant correlations. The most important of these was that a significant difference existed between field-dependent and field-independent patients on comparison with psychiatric diagnosis suggesting that field-independence is closely related to exogenous depression and field-dependence to endogenous depression. A critical review is made of contemporary theories of depression and a new model is presented. This model suggests the people develop habitual apperceptual modes of perceiving the world and fail to recognize a change of context. Reactive depression can be accounted for by a model of a subject who habitually perceives the world as an instrumental learning context and is placed in a passive avoidance context. A therapeutic strategy is suggested for treatment of the patient which consists of altering the informational component of behaviour encouraging the motivational component.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12370
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectDepression, Mentalen_US
dc.subjectField dependence (Psychology)en_US
dc.titleDepression and field dependence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorDrury, Nicholas
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Philosophy (M. Phil.)en_US
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