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01-02-2006

Sociotropy, Autonomy, and Depressive Response to an Unconscious Challenge

Auteurs: Staffan Sohlberg, Joakim Axelsson, Wanda Czartoryski, Gustaf Ståhlberg, Ylva Strömbom

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 1/2006

Abstract

Important, but not unequivocal, support has been found for Sociotropy and Autonomy as vulnerability factors for depression. Using a novel approach we gave subliminal sociotropy-related and autonomy-related visuoverbal stimulation to nondepressed students (Study 1, N=36), and patients treated for clinical depression (Study 2, N=34) in completely balanced within-groups designs. Autonomy, as measured with the Personal Style Inventory, was unrelated to response. Sociotropy predicted negative outcome after a sociotropy-related abandonment stimulus in both Study 1 (r=−.34 to a decrease in positively valenced autobiographical memories) and Study 2 (r=.38 to an increase in selection of depression-related words on a word-selection task). This finding may interest developers of depression therapies, and support further attempts to study Sociotropy as a putative vulnerability factor for depression.

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The words “… ON OTHERS” were added to make stimulus meaning unequivocal. For logical consistency as well as perceived graphical stimulus equivalence this also meant replacing I AM ABANDONED by I AM ABANDONED BY OTHERS and replacing I CAN READ by I CAN READ LIKE OTHERS.

Though the plan called for 36 patients, only 34 were included in the study. Thus, there is a slight imbalance with respect to the stimulus presentation order.

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Titel: Sociotropy, Autonomy, and Depressive Response to an Unconscious Challenge
Auteurs: Staffan Sohlberg
Joakim Axelsson
Wanda Czartoryski
Gustaf Ståhlberg
Ylva Strömbom
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2006
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9011-3

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