Rationale

Prior studies that used positive emotion infusions (PEIs) to increase help-seeking for depression found initial support for the approach (Siegel & Thomson, 2016; Straszewski & Siegel, 2018, 2020). However, as people with depression experience negative biases that may be maximized when self-relevance is high (Clark et al., 1999), a potential way to maximize the effect of the PEI approach may be to reduce self-focus.

Objective

We used two preregistered studies (US; 2/19/19 to 9/25/19) to identify the strongest version of a savoring writing task for the current context (Study 1) and test it in the form of a savoring-public service announcement (Study 2; S-PSA).

Methods

Study 1 (N = 1308) compared five savoring writing tasks that varied in self-focus to a control writing task: vicarious, self-distanced, relational, combination, and personal savoring. Study 2 (N = 1238) compared a relational S-PSA to a comparison PSA and a basic control video on help-seeking attitudes, intentions, and behavior.

Results

In Study 1, relational savoring was associated with greater help-seeking intentions than the combination savoring condition among all participants and greater help-seeking intentions than the control among participants who self-reported paying full attention during the study. In Study 2, the S-PSA did not perform better than the comparison PSA or basic control video on the outcome measures.

Conclusions

The present research highlights three important takeaways. 1) Researchers should continue to explore relational savoring as an approach to increase help-seeking for depression. 2) Similar to findings of prior depression help-seeking studies, crowdsourcing platforms may be useful for testing informational videos but less appropriate for testing videos that require deep levels of thinking for people experiencing heightened depressive symptomatology. 3) From a theoretical and methodological standpoint, these studies underscore the value of conceptual replications using multiple methods.

中文翻译：

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从写作任务到公共服务公告：实验性地评估品味作为增加抑郁症寻求帮助的一种手段

基本原理

先前使用积极情绪输注 (PEI) 来增加抑郁症寻求帮助的研究发现了对该方法的初步支持（Siegel & Thomson，2016 年；Straszewski & Siegel，2018 年，2020 年）。然而，由于抑郁症患者会体验到负面偏见，而这种负面偏见在自我相关性高时可能会最大化（克拉克等，1999），最大化 PEI 方法效果的一种潜在方法可能是减少自我关注。

客观的

我们使用了两项预先注册的研究（美国；2/19/19 至 9/25/19）来确定当前上下文（研究 1）中品味写作任务的最强版本，并以品味公共服务的形式对其进行测试公告（研究 2；S-PSA）。

方法

研究 1 ( N  = 1308) 将在自我关注方面不同的五种品味写作任务与控制写作任务进行了比较：替代性、自我距离、关系、组合和个人品味。研究 2 ( N  = 1238) 将关系型 S-PSA 与比较型 PSA 和关于求助态度、意图和行为的基本控制视频进行了比较。

结果

在研究 1 中，在所有参与者中，关系品味与比组合品味条件更大的寻求帮助意图相关，并且在研究期间自我报告全神贯注的参与者中，与对照相比，寻求帮助的意愿更大。在研究 2 中，S-PSA 在结果测量方面的表现并不优于比较 PSA 或基本控制视频。

结论

目前的研究突出了三个重要的要点。1) 研究人员应继续探索关系品味作为增加抑郁症寻求帮助的方法。2) 与之前的抑郁症求助研究的结果类似，众包平台可能对测试信息视频有用，但不太适合测试需要深度思考的视频，以帮助经历高度抑郁症状的人。3) 从理论和方法论的角度来看，这些研究强调了使用多种方法进行概念复制的价值。