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Depressive thinking: shifts in construct accessibility or in schematic mental models?

J D Teasdale1, M J Taylor, Z Cooper

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology
|August 1, 1995
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Depression alters thinking by changing how people relate concepts, not just by increasing negative thoughts. Depressed individuals may link self-worth more closely to external approval and achievement.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Depression is associated with cognitive changes, but the underlying mechanisms are debated.
  • Existing theories suggest either increased accessibility of negative thoughts or altered cognitive structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate alternative explanations for depression-related alterations in thinking.
  • To differentiate between generalized negative thought accessibility and changes in mental models.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-one depressed patients and 40 controls completed sentence stems.
  • Sentence stems focused on social approval and personal achievement, e.g., "If I could always be right then others would __ me."

Main Results:

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  • Results supported the hypothesis that depression affects the interrelationships between constructs.
  • Depressed patients provided more positive completions, suggesting a stronger link between self-worth and external validation.

Conclusions:

  • Depressive thinking may stem from changes in high-level schematic mental models.
  • These models appear to link personal worth more closely to success and social approval in depression.