Abstract
Several instruments have been developed recently to measure cognitive styles associated with depression. At least four of them appear to have an underlying similarity. Each appears to reflect a tendency for respondents to infer a general lack of self-worth (or a continued likelihood of bad events) on the basis of a single discrete failure. The present research was a comparative test of one of these scales against the other three in terms of associations with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores. Though all instruments were significantly correlated with BDI, partial correlations revealed that our generalization scale was a more robust predictor of BDI than were (a) a measure of characterological self-blame, (b) a measure of cognitive bias, and (c) a measure of attributional style.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 722-728 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 1985 |
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Depression and Cognitive Style. Comparisons Between Measures. / Carver, Charles S; Ganellen, Ronald J.; Mitrani, Victoria.
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 49, No. 3, 01.09.1985, p. 722-728.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Depression and Cognitive Style. Comparisons Between Measures
AU - Carver, Charles S
AU - Ganellen, Ronald J.
AU - Mitrani, Victoria
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N2 - Several instruments have been developed recently to measure cognitive styles associated with depression. At least four of them appear to have an underlying similarity. Each appears to reflect a tendency for respondents to infer a general lack of self-worth (or a continued likelihood of bad events) on the basis of a single discrete failure. The present research was a comparative test of one of these scales against the other three in terms of associations with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores. Though all instruments were significantly correlated with BDI, partial correlations revealed that our generalization scale was a more robust predictor of BDI than were (a) a measure of characterological self-blame, (b) a measure of cognitive bias, and (c) a measure of attributional style.
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