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Moderately depressed and nondepressed subjects rated positive- and negative-trait adjectives in terms of self-descriptiveness or other-descriptiveness across three presentations of the words. For both the self- and other-referenced tasks, moderately depressed subjects rated negative words more inconsistently across the three presentations than did nondepressed subjects. In addition, depressed subjects demonstrated enhanced recognition of words that produced inconsistent ratings, relative to nondepressed subjects.
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Preparation of this article was supported by a Beaumont Faculty Development Grant from Saint Louis University to the first author. Portions of this article were presented earlier at a meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Appreciation is extended to Paul J. Handal for his helpful comments.
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Ross, M.J., Mueller, J.H. Inconsistency of self-schematic content in moderately depressed college students. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 27, 470–472 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334659
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