Draft for Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology, 2006 1 The social risk hypothesis of depressed mood: Recent empirical studies Nicholas B. Allen and Paul B.T. Badcock University of Melbourne Draft of presentation/chapter for the 9th Sydney Symposium, 2006, “The evolution of the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and social cognition,” Convened/edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Martie Haselton, & William von Hippel Do Not Quote Without Permission Contact details: Nicholas B. Allen Department of Psychology & ORYGEN Research Centre University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia Phone: +61 3 9342 2819 Email: nba@unimelb.edu.au