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May 1, 2002Cognition & Emotion

Negative processing biases predict subsequent depressive symptoms

Stephanie S. Rude Richard M. Wenzlaff Bryce Gibbs Jennifer Vane Tavia Whitney

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This research aims to explore how negative processing biases relate to future symptoms of depression.
Administered the Scrambled Sentences Test (SST) to a large sample of undergraduates.
Collected self-report measures on thought suppression, current depression levels, and past depression.
Analyzed the impact of cognitive load on the SST's predictive ability for depression.
High SST scores predicted depression symptoms 4 to 6 weeks later (p<0.05).
SST with cognitive load predicted depression for both genders, while SST without load predicted depression in women only.
Among men, high thought suppression combined with high SST-load scores strongly indicated vulnerability to depression.

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Reveals negative processing biases predict depressive symptoms in undergraduates, suggesting a link worth exploring.

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Rude et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1b2d494a1110c1c5e582ff https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930143000554

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