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Cognitive Approach on Depression, Theoretical Assumption - Coggle Diagram
Cognitive Approach on Depression
Person may acquire cognitive triad but not be depressed
The cognitive triad
negative view of world
Unrealistically negative and defeatist view of the world. Seeing posing obstacles as impossible to handle.
negative view of future
Individuals see the future as totally hopeless due to their worthlessness preventing their situation from improving
negative view of self
Individuals tend to view themselves as helpless, worthless, and inadequate.
When three components interact, they interfere with normal cognitive processing
Beck: Negative self schema
Depression prone individuals possess a set of beliefs and expectations about themselves that are negative and pessimistic, may be acquired through childhood traumatic events.
death of family member
Parental rejection, neglect, criticism, overprotection
Bullying or exclusion
prone to logical errors
Arbitrary inference
Drawing negative conclusion without evidence
Selective Abstraction
Focusing on worst aspects
Magnification and minimization
Making problems bigger or smaller than what they seem.
Personalization
Negative events interpreted as their fault.
Dichotomous thinking
Black and white thinking
Alloy et al (1999)
Indicates that there may be a link between cognitive style and development of depression
learned Helplessness by Seligman (1974)
Attributional processes
Locus
Stability
Global or specific
The patterns of information processing (how an individual interprets various life events) influence the development of the disorder
Joiner et al (1996)
Nolen Hoeksema (2000)
Farb et al (2011)
Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale (1978)
External
Unstable
Specific
Theoretical Assumption