Problem Solving Deteriorates Following Mood Challenge in Formerly Depressed Patients With a History of Suicidal Ideation.
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Vol. 114 (3), 421-431
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843x.114.3.421
Abstract
The authors divided 34 participants who had a history of depression into 2 groups, those having previous suicidal ideation or behavior (n=19) and those having no such symptoms (n=15), then compared the 2 groups with a group of participants who had no history of depression (n=22). Assessment of interpersonal problem-solving performance using the Means-Ends Problem-Solving (MEPS) task before and after a mood-induction procedure showed that only those formerly depressed people with a history of suicidal ideation shifted in MEPS performance, producing significantly less effective problem solutions following mood challenge, consistent with a differential activation account of vulnerability for recurrence of suicidal ideation and behavior. The deterioration in effectiveness following mood challenge was moderated by lack of specificity in autobiographical memoryKeywords
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