Depression is known to affect how individuals perceive social exchanges, either negative or positive ones. These difficulties are thought to partly arise from depression-related guilt and rejection sensitivity. Here, we examined whether individuals with elevated levels of depression reported more guilt after engaging in a series of controlled exchanges in the Ultimatum Game (UG) and if rejection sensitivity mediated this relationship in negative interactions. To this end, we utilized a multi-round, multi-shot UG in which participants (N = 72) were sequentially paired with (1) unfair and (2) altruistic allocators. State guilt and perceived fairness ratings were collected throughout the Ultimatum Game. Alternatively, we looked into perceived fairness of received offers and harm caused to the allocator as potential moderators of the mediation model. As expected, we found that rejection sensitivity partially mediated the relationship between depression and guilt. Interestingly, the effect of depression through rejection sensitivity on guilt was stronger when participants caused more harm to the allocator than when they perceived the allocator as extremely unfair. A path analysis was performed as well to check for goodness of fit of the moderated mediation model. Exploratory, we looked at how depression may interfere with the emotional and behavioral response in positive exchanges as well. Overall, our findings may contribute to the understanding of the dynamics in interpersonal transactions of depressed individuals with relevance for counseling and diagnosis. Theoretical implications and interpretive caveats are discussed.

众所周知，抑郁会影响个人对社交交流的看法，无论是正面的还是负面的。这些困难被认为部分是由于与抑郁有关的内感和排斥感。在这里，我们检查了抑郁水平升高的个体在《最后通Game博弈》（UG）中进行了一系列受控交流后是否报告了更多的内感，以及排斥敏感性是否在负面互动中介导了这种关系。为此，我们利用了多轮，多镜头的UG，其中参与者（N = 72）依次与（1）不公平和（2）利他分配器配对。在最后通Game游戏中收集了国家内collected感和公平感等级。或者，我们调查了收到的要约的公平性以及作为调解模型潜在主持人的分配者受到的损害。正如预期的那样，我们发现排斥敏感性部分介导了抑郁与内之间的关系。有趣的是，当参与者对分配者造成更大的伤害时，通过拒绝敏感性引起的沮丧对内more的影响要强于他们认为分配者极为不公平的情况。还进行了路径分析，以检查调解模型的拟合优度。探索性的 我们还研究了抑郁症也可能在积极的交流中如何干扰情绪和行为反应。总体而言，我们的发现可能有助于了解与咨询和诊断有关的抑郁症患者的人际交往动态。讨论了理论含义和解释性警告。