title: Cognitive and behavioral correlates of depression in clinical and nonclinical populations.
abstract: The relationships among depression, depressogenic cognitions, and mood-related activities were examined in clinic and nonclinic populations. Fifty-seven participants in a treatment program for depression and 143 undergraduate subjects were administered a questionnaire battery that included the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ), Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS), and the mood-related items of both the Pleasant Events Schedule (PES) and Unpleasant Events Schedule (UES). Depressogenic cognitions and mood-related activities were correlated with one another and with depression in both populations: As depression increased, depressogenic cognitions and unpleasant activities increased while pleasant activities decreased. In addition, partial correlational analyses demonstrated that both depressogenic cognitions and mood-related activities, independent of one another, were correlated significantly with depression. This demonstrates that cognitive and behavioral variables, while related to one another, contribute independent information concerning depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 66621.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wierzbicki
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rexford
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics