Implicit and explicit self-schema in active deluded, remitted deluded, and depressed patients

Abstract The main objective of this study was to analyze the hypothesis that patients with persecutory delusions would show a depressive-type self-concept when assessed with implicit measures of self-schema (i.e., a free recall test of self-relevant adjectives) but would show a normal self-concept w...

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Published in:Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry 2008-12, Vol.39 (4), p.587-599
Main Authors: Vázquez, Carmelo, Diez-Alegría, Cristina, Hernández-Lloreda, María J, Moreno, Marta Nieto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Cognition
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Control Groups
Delusion
Delusions - diagnosis
Delusions - psychology
Depression
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
Mental Recall
Models, Psychological
Mood disorders
Negative cognition
Other psychotic disorders
Paranoid Disorders - diagnosis
Paranoid Disorders - psychology
Persecutory ideation
Personality Inventory
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Psychosis
Self Concept
Self-esteem
Selfconcept
Surveys and Questionnaires
Task Performance and Analysis
Word Association Tests
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Summary:Abstract The main objective of this study was to analyze the hypothesis that patients with persecutory delusions would show a depressive-type self-concept when assessed with implicit measures of self-schema (i.e., a free recall test of self-relevant adjectives) but would show a normal self-concept when assessed with explicit measures (i.e., a self-concept questionnaire and a task requiring endorsement of self-relevant adjectives). The sample consisted of 136 participants (40 acute deluded participants, 25 remitted deluded participants, 35 depressed patients and 36 normal controls). Our results revealed that both groups of deluded participants showed no significant discrepancy between explicit and implicit measures of self-concept. These findings do not support the hypothesis of an implicit negative cognitive schema in persecutory deluded participants.
ISSN:0005-7916
1873-7943
DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.01.006