Abstract
This study examined whether either a negative attentional bias or mood persistence would interact with intervening life stress to predict future increases in dysphoria among college students (N = 77). Dysphoria was assessed in the lab, and then attentional bias was measured with a dot-probe task before and after a negative mood induction. Mood recovery following the induction was also assessed. Seven weeks later, dysphoria and intervening life stress were measured. Prior shifts in attention toward negative information following a negative mood induction interacted with intervening life stress to predict increases in dysphoria 7 weeks later. Slower mood recovery following the mood induction also combined with intervening life stress to predict increased dysphoria at follow-up. These vulnerabilities each explained unique variance in follow-up dysphoria. Results suggest that both attentional bias and mood persistence may have significant roles in depression susceptibility.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 619-637 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Cognitive Therapy and Research |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2003 |
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Keywords
- Cognitive bias
- Depression vulnerability
- Dot-probe
- Information processing
- Mood regulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
- Clinical Psychology
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Attentional bias and mood persistence as prospective predictors of dysphoria. / Beevers, Christopher G.; Carver, Charles S.
In: Cognitive Therapy and Research, Vol. 27, No. 6, 01.12.2003, p. 619-637.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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