Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach

Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach

<span>An experimental analysis of the processes characterising psychopathology and its maintenance have become an established research area, called experimental psychopathology. Vulnerability for depression can be conceptualised as a combination of the existence of latent depressogenic self-sc...

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Main Author: Rudi De Raedt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2006-03-01
Series:Psychologica Belgica
Online Access:http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/141
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spelling doaj-ffb45988829244b28a31b51543a0249a2020-11-24T22:57:46ZengUbiquity PressPsychologica Belgica0033-28792054-670X2006-03-01461-211713010.5334/pb-46-1-2-117141Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approachRudi De Raedt0Ghent University<span>An experimental analysis of the processes characterising psychopathology and its maintenance have become an established research area, called experimental psychopathology. Vulnerability for depression can be conceptualised as a combination of the existence of latent depressogenic self-schemas and incapacity to disengage from depressogenic cognitions. Therefore, the most recent research of our lab focused on these separate aspects of information processing. Based on measures of implicit cognition, remarkable results of positive self-esteem in depressed individuals which might be considered to be surprising from the perspective of cognitive theories of depression could be interpreted within a larger framework not only focussing on schema-activation but also on early versus elaborate processing and attentional bias. This endorses new questions that can be operationalised into new research projects in the future.</span>http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/141
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Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach
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title Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach
title_short Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach
title_full Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach
title_fullStr Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach
title_full_unstemmed Activation of Implicit Self-Schemas and a Difficulty to Disengage from Negative Cognitions in Depression: An experimental psychopathology approach
title_sort activation of implicit self-schemas and a difficulty to disengage from negative cognitions in depression: an experimental psychopathology approach
publisher Ubiquity Press
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publishDate 2006-03-01
description <span>An experimental analysis of the processes characterising psychopathology and its maintenance have become an established research area, called experimental psychopathology. Vulnerability for depression can be conceptualised as a combination of the existence of latent depressogenic self-schemas and incapacity to disengage from depressogenic cognitions. Therefore, the most recent research of our lab focused on these separate aspects of information processing. Based on measures of implicit cognition, remarkable results of positive self-esteem in depressed individuals which might be considered to be surprising from the perspective of cognitive theories of depression could be interpreted within a larger framework not only focussing on schema-activation but also on early versus elaborate processing and attentional bias. This endorses new questions that can be operationalised into new research projects in the future.</span>
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