Differences in Self-Monitoring of Expressive Behavior in Depressed and Nondepressed Individuals

-Recent research has indicated an association between depression and lack of social skill. The present investigation sought to extend these findings to the self-monitoring of expressive behavior by administering Snyder's (1974) Self-monitoring Scale and Beck's (1967) Depression Inventory to samples from two veq different populations, community-residing women volunteers and psychiatric patients. It was predicted that nondepressed subjects would tend to be high i n self-monitoring their expressive behavior, while depressed subjects would tend to monitor their expressive behavior less. Data from both samples supported this hypothesis and were discussed as evidence for the validity of the self-monitoring scale.