Resistance, reactance, and misinterpretation: Highlighting the challenge of persuading people with depression to seek help

JT Siegel, BA Lienemann… - Social and Personality …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Interventions that increase help‐seeking among people with depression have the potential
to save lives. Several efforts have been impressively successful; however, research has also …

The influence of perceptions of intentionality and controllability on perceived responsibility: Applying attribution theory to people's responses to social transgression in …

E Yao, JT Siegel - Motivation Science, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Weiner's (1985) attribution theory explains how people interpret and react to causes
of events. Perceived responsibility plays a central role in this model. Weiner (2006) …

Social determinants of depression among Hispanic women

G De Oliveira, R Cianelli, K Gattamorta… - Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: Depression is the number one cause of disability in the world. Hispanic
women are at a higher risk for depression than Caucasian and African American women …

[HTML][HTML] Reckless spreader or blameless victim? How vaccination status affects responses to COVID-19 patients

MC Claudy, S Vijayakumar, N Campbell - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Vaccination against Covid-19 has become an increasingly polarizing
issue in western democracies. While much research has focused on social-psychological …

Persuading people with depression to seek help: Respect the boomerang

BA Lienemann, JT Siegel, WD Crano - Health Communication, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
People with depression are likely to process information with a negative bias when
confronted with self-relevant information. Accordingly, we feared exposing depressed …

State psychological reactance to depression public service announcements among people with varying levels of depressive symptomatology

BA Lienemann, JT Siegel - Health communication, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Campaigns seeking to help people with depression can be effective, but they can also
backfire. Psychological reactance is proposed as a partial explanation. Two experimental …

Attribution theory and support for individuals with depression: The impact of controllability, stability, and interpersonal relationship.

T Muschetto, JT Siegel - Stigma and Health, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Individuals with depression encounter stigmatization from others. Accordingly, there have
been numerous calls for theory-based approaches to reduce stigma. Attribution theory is a …

Depression and help seeking among Mexican–Americans: The mediating role of familism

AR Keeler, JT Siegel, EM Alvaro - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2014 - Springer
Increased depression symptomatology results in a reduced willingness to seek help from
family. Focusing on Mexican–Americans, the current study hypothesized that the a reduction …

Attribution theory and reducing stigma toward women with postpartum depression: Examining the role of perceptions of stability.

AL Ruybal, JT Siegel - Stigma and Health, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Beyond dealing with the negative impact of depression, women with postpartum depression
(PPD) also experience the burden of stigma. Guided by Weiner's attribution-emotion-action …

Influencing help-seeking among people with elevated depressive symptomatology: Mistargeting as a persuasive technique

JT Siegel, BA Lienemann… - Clinical Psychological …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
We conducted two experimental studies influenced by the overheard communication
technique in which we assessed whether a depression public service announcement (D …