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Self‐esteem in depression: A controlled repertory grid investigation
Author(s) -
Axford Sharon,
Jerrom D. W. A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1986.tb02666.x
Subject(s) - repertory grid , psychology , beck depression inventory , feeling , depression (economics) , cognition , perception , clinical psychology , self esteem , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , anxiety , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
Repertory grids were used to investigate self‐esteem and social perception in three groups: depressed in‐patients, non‐depressed psychiatric in‐patients and a general hospital control group. Depression was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory. Depressives had significantly lower self‐esteem and more negative social perception and negative feelings associated with ‘actual self’, as predicted by Beck's cognitive theory. Repertory grids are potentially useful tools for the development of cognitive theories of depression, and may also have a role in clinical practice using cognitive techniques.