scholarly journals Self-Talk and Affective Problems in College Students: Valence of Thinking and Cognitive Content Specificity

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Calvete ◽  
Ana Estévez ◽  
Covadonga Landín ◽  
Yolanda Martínez ◽  
Olga Cardeñoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
The State ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Self Talk ◽  
Cognitive Content Specificity ◽  
Content Specificity

The aim of this study was to develop a Self-Talk Inventory for young adults. This inventory consisted of two scales. The Negative Self-Talk Scale included three categories of selftalk (depressive, anxious, and angry thoughts) and the Positive Self-Talk Scale, three categories (minimization, positive orientation, and coping self-instructions). Participants were 982 undergraduate students (Mean age = 20.35 years, SD = 2.16). They completed the self-talk scales together with the following scales to measure symptoms of affective disorders: the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-T). Factor analyses confirmed the hypothesized structure for the Self-Talk Inventory. The relations between self-talk and symptoms of affective disorders (depression, anxiety, and anger) were also evaluated. In general, states-of-mind –SOM– ratios and negative cognitions showed a greater association with psychological symptoms than did positive cognitions. Results concerning the cognitive characteristics of depression, anxiety, and anger were mixed and partially supported the cognitive content specificity theory.

The Schema Questionnaire - Short Form

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Calvete ◽  
Ana Estévez ◽  
Elena López de Arroyabe ◽  
Pilar Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
The State ◽  
Automatic Thoughts ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Arrangement ◽  
Self Talk ◽  
Schema Questionnaire

Abstract. This research studied the factor structure of the Spanish version of the Schema Questionnaire - Short Form (SQ-SF; Young & Brown, 1994 ). The participants (407 undergraduate students) completed the SQ-SF together with the following scales to measure symptoms of affective disorders and automatic thoughts: the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2), the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Revised (ATQ-R), the Anxious Self-Statements Questionnaire (ASSQ), and the Self-Talk Inventory (STI). The confirmatory factor analyses supported the hypothesized structure of 15 first-order factors for the SQ-SF. However, the results were mixed with regard to the hierarchical arrangement of schemas. On the other hand, the results revealed several clinically relevant associations among cognitive schemas, symptoms of affective disorders (depression, anxiety, and anger) and automatic thoughts (positive thoughts, depressive thoughts, anxious thoughts, and angry thoughts).

scholarly journals Cognitive content specificity in anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms: a twin study of cross-sectional associations with anxiety sensitivity dimensions across development

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (16) ◽  
pp. 3469-3480 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Brown ◽  
M. A. Waszczuk ◽  
H. M. S. Zavos ◽  
M. Trzaskowski ◽  
A. M. Gregory ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Cognitive Distortion ◽  
Genetic Influences ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Presenting Symptoms ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
Cognitive Content Specificity ◽  
Content Specificity

Background.The classification of anxiety and depressive disorders has long been debated and has important clinical implications. The present study combined a genetically sensitive design and multiple time points to investigate cognitive content specificity in anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms across anxiety sensitivity dimensions, a cognitive distortion implicated in both disorders.Method.Phenotypic and genetic correlations between anxiety sensitivity dimensions, anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms were examined at five waves of data collection within childhood, adolescence and early adulthood in two representative twin studies (n pairs = 300 and 1372).Results.The physical concerns dimension of anxiety sensitivity (fear of bodily symptoms) was significantly associated with anxiety but not depression at all waves. Genetic influences on physical concerns overlapped substantially more with anxiety than depression. Conversely, mental concerns (worry regarding cognitive control) were phenotypically more strongly associated with depression than anxiety. Social concerns (fear of publicly observable symptoms of anxiety) were associated with both anxiety and depression in adolescence. Genetic influences on mental and social concerns were shared to a similar extent with both anxiety and depression.Conclusions.Phenotypic patterns of cognitive specificity and broader genetic associations between anxiety sensitivity dimensions, anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms were similar at all waves. Both disorder-specific and shared cognitive concerns were identified, suggesting it is appropriate to classify anxiety and depression as distinct but related disorders and confirming the clinical perspective that cognitive therapy is most likely to benefit by targeting cognitive concerns relating specifically to the individual's presenting symptoms across development.

Differentiating anxiety and depression: A test of the cognitive content-specificity hypothesis.

1987 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron T. Beck ◽  
Gary Brown ◽  
Robert A. Steer ◽  
Judy I. Eidelson ◽  
John H. Riskind
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Cognitive Content Specificity ◽  
Content Specificity

Relation of Depression to Anger and Hostility Constructs

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Biaggio ◽  
William H. Godwin
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
The State ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hostility Scale

To understand better the relationship between depression and various constructs of anger and hostility, 112 university students were administered the MMPI Depression scale, the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire, the Overcontrolled Hostility Scale, the Anger Expression Scale, and the State-Trait Anger Scale. Among depressed subjects there was a more intense experience of hostility, particularly inwardly directed hostility, and a diminished sense of control over anger or a disinclination to manage anger.

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