[Perception of social support in the aspect of a cognitive style of patients with affective disorders].
According to Aaron Beck, dysfunctional thinking patterns appear also in euthymic patients, after withdrawal of acute diseases symptoms. Patients have a disordered, negative image of themselves, of their future and the surrounding world. It has been shown that a way a man perceives possessed social support has a basic meaning for him.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the research was to analyze the relationship between perceived social support and the patient's cognitive style.


METHODS
The study group consisted of euthymic outpatients diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorder (UID) or bipolar affective disorder (BID). Assessment of a cognitive style was made according to the Rosenberg Scale, Hopelessness Scale HS-20 and Automatique Thoughts Questionnaire ATQ 30, assessment of the amount of received support - according to Cohen's ISEL.


CONCLUSIONS
The presented study revealed that, in both groups of patients, a thinking style is disturbed and that there is a link between a cognitive style and the perception of the level of received support. The link was stronger in the group of patients with unipolar affective disorder. In both groups, correlations concerning emotional support were the highest.
Poradowska-Trzos
Magdalena
M
Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych CM UJ, Kraków.
Dudek
Dominika
D
Rogoz
Monika
M
Zieba
Andrzej
A
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support