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Design and Implementation of an fMRI Study Examining Thought Suppression in Young Women with, and At-risk, for Depression
Published on: May 19, 2015
Empirical evidence of cognitive vulnerability for depression among children and adolescents: a cognitive science and
Rachel H Jacobs1, Mark A Reinecke, Jackie K Gollan
1Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. rhjacobs@northwestern.edu
Abstract:
We summarize and integrate research on cognitive vulnerability to depression among children and adolescents. We first review prospective longitudinal studies of the most researched cognitive vulnerability factors (attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, and self-perception) and depression among youth. We next review research on information processing biases in youth. We propose that the integration of these two literatures will result in a more adequate test of cognitive vulnerability models. Last, we outline a program of research addressing methodological, statistical, and scientific limitations in the cognitive vulnerability literature.
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