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The Cognitions Questionnaire: Specific thinking errors in depression
Author(s) -
Fennell Melanie J. V.,
Campbell Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1984.tb00631.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive vulnerability , cognition , cognitive style , depression (economics) , vulnerability (computing) , clinical psychology , association (psychology) , depressive symptoms , developmental psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , computer security , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
With the development of cognitive models of depression, interest in identifying an enduring cognitive style characteristic of depression‐prone individuals has increased. However, empirical evidence for cognitive vulnerability of this kind is as yet sparse. The paper describes the development of a Cognitions Questionnaire (CQ), designed not only to provide an overall measure of depressive cognitive style, but also to assess specific dimensions of negative thinking in relation to different types of hypothetical events. Results of a study investigating the CQ's association with depression and its capacity to detect residual cognitive vulnerability following an episode of depression are reported.