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 (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 619-637 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Cognitive Therapy and Research |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2003 |
Keywords
- Cognitive bias
- Depression vulnerability
- Dot-probe
- Information processing
- Mood regulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
- Clinical Psychology