Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Minnix, Jennifer Anne
Author's Email Address	minnix@psy.fsu.edu
URN	etd-05022005-221229
Title	Frontal Asymmetry, Depression, Gender, and Excessive Reassurance-Seeking: A Contextual Analysis
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Psychology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Thomas E. Joiner Committee Chair Alan R. Lang Committee Member Ashby Plant Committee Member David M. Quadagno Committee Member Mark H. Licht Committee Member
Keywords	Frontal Asymmetry Depression EEG Reassurance Seeking
Date of Defense	2004-04-26
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Excessive reassurance-seeking, which has been associated with depression in many studies, can be defined as the relatively stable tendency to seek assurance perseveratively from others. It was predicted that although depression has been associated with left frontal EEG hypoactivity, reassurance-seekers may possess a unique diathesis that is more likely to be associated with increased left frontal activity. Data were collected from 83 undergraduate volunteers. EEG asymmetry scores were averaged over two measurement occasions at least three weeks apart. Contrary to prediction, results from Minnix, Kline, Blackhart, Pettit, & Joiner (in press) were not replicated in this college sample, though the expected relation between depressive symptomatology and reassurance-seeking was found. Implications and limitations were discussed.
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