Processos cognitivos em adultos com depressão major
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2011
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Com vista à análise dos enviesamentos no processamento de informação e da relação entre estes processos com os esquemas maladaptativos e os pensamentos automáticos negativos em adultos com Depressão Major, foi estudada uma amostra de 60 adultos que constituíram dois grupos: um grupo clínico, de 30 indivíduos com diagnóstico de Depressão Major, 27 mulheres e 3 homens, com uma média de idades de 40,3 anos (DP = 12,13), e um grupo não clínico, de 30 indivíduos da população geral, sem qualquer diagnóstico clínico, 27 mulheres e 3 homens, com uma média de idades de 26,17 anos (DP = 4,60). Através da administração de um protocolo de auto-avaliação e do desempenho dos participantes num conjunto de tarefas, os resultados obtidos confirmaram as hipóteses colocadas, tendo demonstrado que os indivíduos com Depressão Major apresentaram enviesamentos da atenção, memória e interpretação relacionados com informação emocional relevante. As associações entre as variáveis em estudo foram, também, no sentido esperado e demonstraram, especificamente, o papel mediador dos pensamentos automáticos negativos na relação entre os esquemas maladaptativos e a sintomatologia depressiva. Estes resultados foram discutidos de acordo com a literatura e as suas implicações para a avaliação e modificação da depressão e factores relacionados.
With the purpose of analyzing information processing biases and their relationship with maladaptive schemas and negative automatic thoughts in adults with Major Depression, a sample of 60 adults assigned to one of two groups was studied: a clinical group with 30 individuals diagnosed with Major Depression, 27 females and 3 males, mean age of 40.3 years (SD = 12.13), and a non clinical group, with 30 individuals from the general population, without any clinical diagnosis, 27 females and 3 males, mean age of 26.17 years (SD = 4.60). Through the administration of a self-report protocol and participants performance on a set of tasks, the obtained results confirmed the underlying hypotheses, and demonstrated that individuals with Major Depression presented attentional, memory and interpretative biases related to relevant emotional information. The correlations between the studied variables were also in the expected direction and demonstrated, specifically, the mediating role of negative automatic thoughts in the relationship between depressive symptoms and maladaptive schemas. These results were discussed according to the literature and their implications for the assessment and modification of depression and related factors.
With the purpose of analyzing information processing biases and their relationship with maladaptive schemas and negative automatic thoughts in adults with Major Depression, a sample of 60 adults assigned to one of two groups was studied: a clinical group with 30 individuals diagnosed with Major Depression, 27 females and 3 males, mean age of 40.3 years (SD = 12.13), and a non clinical group, with 30 individuals from the general population, without any clinical diagnosis, 27 females and 3 males, mean age of 26.17 years (SD = 4.60). Through the administration of a self-report protocol and participants performance on a set of tasks, the obtained results confirmed the underlying hypotheses, and demonstrated that individuals with Major Depression presented attentional, memory and interpretative biases related to relevant emotional information. The correlations between the studied variables were also in the expected direction and demonstrated, specifically, the mediating role of negative automatic thoughts in the relationship between depressive symptoms and maladaptive schemas. These results were discussed according to the literature and their implications for the assessment and modification of depression and related factors.
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Orientação: Marina Carvalho
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PSICOLOGIA, PROCESSAMENTO DE INFORMAÇÃO, DEPRESSÃO, ADULTOS, PSYCHOLOGY, INFORMATION PROCESSING, DEPRESSION, ADULTS, MESTRADO EM PSICOLOGIA, ACONSELHAMENTO E PSICOTERAPIAS