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2022 APS Annual Convention

Experimentally Investigating Four Different Approaches for Increasing Help-Seeking Among People with Depression: Self-Distancing, Overheard Communication, Social Comparison, and Attitude-Strength.

Saturday, May 28, 2022 · Chicago, IL

Oral · Social

Increasing help-seeking among people with depression is wrought with challenge, and some attempts have backfired. This symposium presents the results of multiple experiments, all guided by social psychology scholarship (i.e., self-distancing overheard communication, social comparison, attitude-strength), and all seeking to increase help-seeking attitudes and intentions among people with depression.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jason SiegelChair
    Claremont Graduate University

Presentations

  1. Stop the Spread (of Negative thoughts): Self-Distancing Improves Help-Seeking Attitudes and Reduces Negative Thought Content in People Experiencing DepressionSara Hollar
  2. One Message, Two Audiences, Two Sets of Outcomes. Combining Attribution Theory and the Overheard Communication Technique to Increase Help-Seeking and Reduce the Harms of Public Stigma. Alexander Marshburn
  3. Reducing Self-Relevance Using Social Comparisons to Improve Help-Seeking Attitudes and IntentionsChase Herndon
  4. The Development and Assessment of an Attitude-Strength Approach for Increasing Help-Seeking Among People with DepressionCara Tan