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Automatic and effortful processing of self-statements in depression.

Catharina E Wang1, Tim Brennen, Arne Holte

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway. cwang@psyk.uit.no

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
|June 7, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Cognitive processing in depression differs. Clinically depressed individuals recall fewer positive and recognize more negative self-statements, unlike never or previously depressed individuals.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Clinical psychology
  • Psychopathology

Background:

  • Negative self-schemata and knowledge structures impact cognitive processing differently in depression.
  • Conflicting conclusions exist regarding the specific cognitive processes affected.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate differences in effortful and automatic processing in depression.
  • To compare cognitive performance on self-statements across never depressed, previously depressed, and clinically depressed individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Free recall, recognition, and fabrication tasks involving positive and negative self-statements.
  • Comparison of three groups: never depressed (ND), previously depressed (PD), and clinically depressed (CD).

Main Results:

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  • Clinically depressed individuals recalled fewer positive self-statements but recognized more negative self-statements than never depressed individuals.
  • Clinically depressed and previously depressed individuals fabricated more negative than positive self-statements, unlike never depressed individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Findings align with some aspects of Clark and Beck's theories on cognitive processes in depression.
  • The study highlights complexities in understanding cognitive differences related to depression severity and history.