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Imagery elaboration and clarity in modifying college students' depression
Author(s) -
Gold Steven R.,
Jarvinen Phyllis J.,
Teague Ruth G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198204)38:2<312::aid-jclp2270380213>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - clarity , psychology , beck depression inventory , depression (economics) , elaboration , guided imagery , clinical psychology , mental image , developmental psychology , psychiatry , cognition , anxiety , humanities , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics
Examined the relationship between clarity of imagery and depression reduction and determined whether S s who elaborated on positive fantasies were more successful in therapy than those S s who merely practiced positive daydreams. Thirty depressed college females were pretested with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), randomly assigned to one of three groups for a 3‐week period, and then were posttested with the BDI. The groups were a no treatment control, a positive imagery group, and a positive imagery group who elaborated on their daydreams. S s were asked to rate the clarity of imagery on a scale from 1 to 10. Analysis of covariance found no significant treatment effect, but vividness of imagery was correlated significantly with depression reduction.