CRITICAL ARTICLE REVIEW ESSAY PAPER
Using the UMUC Library electronic databases, find an article from a recent Clinical Psychology Journal. Prepare a 2-4 page summary of the article in your own words including specifics regarding the overall purpose of the research in question, a clear statement of the researcher’s hypothesis, details regarding study methodology, and pertinent results of the manipulation. Also include your personal opinion of the work. Should it be repeated/ how can it be improved? What was your overall impression of the work? What are the implications of the study for the practice of counseling psychology? Be sure to cite the article appropriately at the end of your review. Papers should be typed, double-spaced, and formatted according to APA style.
Depression has been a concerning issue in the world due to its life-threatening effects sending many to the grave. This paper summarizes the journal of social and clinical psychology by Chloe C. Hudson and Amanda L. Shamblaw which argues that people with depression tend to have the zeal to seek excessive reassurance-seeking (ERS), just to be assured of how other people think about them. The hypothesis was to present the observation that maladaptive ERS depression is inspired by challenges with “theory of mind” which is the initial ability to interpret and reason about the mental status of other people.
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The authors claimed that major depression disorder (MDD) is the major cause of disability in the world which affects about 300 million people (Hudson et al, 2018). People with depression are reported to suffer dysfunction in many areas of life such as education and social interaction. In this article, excessive reassurance-seeking (ERS) is described as the repetitive curiosity to get assured of their worthiness before other people and whether they are loved by them, which leads to depression.
Methodology
The sample included 91 non-depressed and 31 depressed participants from a psychology course. Those who were included in the depressed individuals’ group passed through a DSM-IV-TR criteria test. 