“…Theoretically, an inverse association here is plausible: self-monitoring involves important social skills such as responding to cues (Gangestad & Snyder, 2000) and poor social skills are linked with depression (Segrin, 2000). Therefore, due to an unwillingness or inability to deploy the social skills of self-monitoring, low self-monitors may be more susceptible to depression than high self-monitors (Rahaim, Waid, Kennelly, & Stricklin, 1980). Depressed individuals may also lack the requisite motivation to engage in self-monitoring: it has been postulated that their social behaviour is mostly affected by internal dispositions, affective states and cognitive distortions, rather than external stimulus cues (Rahaim et al, 1980).…”