Depressive Subtypes and Dysfunctional Attitudes: a Personal Construct View
Description:
The influence of cognitive organization, dysfunctional attitudes, and depressive "subtype" on the perceptions of negative life events is explored. BDI scores are used to delineate symptomatic and non-symptomatic groups. Construct content (sociotropic versus autonomous, as first defined by Beck) is used to identify predominant schema-type. Subjects completed a Problematic Situations Questionnaire with Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale. Results indicate that depressed individuals display more dysfunc…
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Date:
December 1990
Creator:
Longhorn, Alison J. (Alison Jane)