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Citation link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/3452

Publisher DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023238
von Helversen et al_Performance Benefits of Depression_2011_accepted-version.pdf
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Performance benefits of depression: Sequential decision making in a healthy sample and a clinically depressed sample


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Authors: von Helversen, Bettina  
Wilke, Andreas 
Johnson, Tim 
Schmid, Gabriele 
Klapp, Burghard 
Abstract: 
Previous research reported conflicting results concerning the influence of depression on cognitive task performance. Whereas some studies reported that depression enhances performance, other studies reported negative or null effects. These discrepant findings appear to result from task variation, as well as the severity and treatment status of participant depression. To better understand these moderating factors, we study the performance of individuals—in a complex sequential decision task similar to the secretary problem—who are nondepressed, depressed, and recovering from a major depressive episode. We find that depressed individuals perform better than do nondepressed individuals. Formal modeling of participants' decision strategies suggested that acutely depressed participants had higher thresholds for accepting options and made better choices than either healthy participants or those recovering from depression.
Keywords: Decision-making; Major depressive disorder; Sequential choice
Issue Date: 2011
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Journal/Edited collection: Journal of Abnormal Psychology 
Issue: 4
Start page: 962
End page: 968
Volume: 120
Type: Artikel/Aufsatz
ISSN: 2769-7541
Secondary publication: yes
Document version: Postprint
DOI: 10.26092/elib/3452
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib84183
Institution: Universität Bremen 
Faculty: Fachbereich 11: Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften (FB 11) 
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