Bad Roots to Grow: Deficient Implicit Self-Evaluations in Chronic Depression With an Early Onset.

Autor:	Randenborgh, Annette, Pawelzik, Markus, Quirin, Markus, Kuhl, Julius
Předmět:	SELF-esteem ASSOCIATIVE learning MENTAL depression EMPIRICAL research PSYCHOLOGY of learning
Zdroj:	Journal of Clinical Psychology; Jun2016, Vol. 72 Issue 6, p580-590, 11p
Abstrakt:	Objective Implicit self-esteem, which is based on associative learning processes, is considered to be constituted earlier in life than explicit, verbalized self-esteem. While depressed individuals report negative explicit self-esteem, research has predominantly demonstrated equivalent levels of implicit self-esteem of depressed and healthy individuals. We further illuminate this finding by theorizing and empirically demonstrating that chronically depressed individuals show particularly low levels of implicit self-esteem when depression had an early onset. Method We applied measures of implicit (name-letter test) and explicit (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) self-esteem in chronically depressed patients with an early onset (N = 17), a late onset (N = 13), and an episodic depression (N = 29). Results As expected, patients with an early onset showed lower implicit self-esteem than the 2 other groups. Conclusion Implicit self-esteem may function as a marker of how deeply negative self-views are internalized. Furthermore, the distinction between early and late onset of chronic depression seems to be valuable for classification and potentially treatment of unipolar depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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