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The relevance of cognitions is a central issue in recent theories of depression. The present study investigated differences in contingent positive and negative self-verbalization between two groups of inpatients, one clinically depressive and one nondepressive. The depressive group made significantly less positive and significantly more negative self-verbalizations in both success and failure situations.
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Missel, P., Sommer, G. Depression and self-verbalization. Cogn Ther Res 7, 141–148 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01190067
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