Moderating Effects of Conscious and Unconscious Distraction on Different Levels of Depression
Objective:To explore the differences in the moderating effect of conscious and unconscious distraction on different levels of depression.Methods:179 non-depressed,subthreshold depressed,and depressed individuals were screened by CES-D,and randomly assigned to the unconscious and the conscious distraction group as well as the control group which was induced by the sentence organization task and the introduction.The complex geometric shapes with feed-back were employed to induce individuals'post-frustration depression and subjects'mood changes were monitored using the positive and negative affect scale's Positive(PA)and Negative(NA)indicators.Results:The conscious distraction was effective in elevating PA in the non-depressed group,and both the conscious and unconscious distraction were effective in elevating PA in the subthreshold depressed group,and the unconscious one was effective in elevating PA in the depressed group;the reduction in NA was not significant in neither the conscious nor unconscious groups.Conclusion:The abun-dance of cognitive resources determines the effect of different intervention strategies.The more severe the depression and the less accessible the resources,the more effective the unconscious attention distraction strategy is,and conversely the more effective the conscious strategy is;For moderate depression,both strategies are effective.
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