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Abstract

La teoría de red semántica de la emoción y la memoria de Bower (1981) postula que el estado de ánimo depresivo incrementa la activación y accesibilidad de las cogniciones negativas previamente asociadas al estado de ánimo. Sin embargo, recientemente Teasdale y colaboradores (e.g., Teasdale y Barnard, 1993) han sugerido que los «sesgos» cognitivos asociados a los estados de ánimo depresivos serían productos de cambios a nivel de los modelos mentales utilizados por estos individuos para procesar la información. El presente experimento explora las predicciones derivadas de ambos planteamientos mediante la utilización del paradigma clásico de congruencia. Los resultados obtenidos confirman las predicciones basadas en el modelo de red asociativa de Bower (1981).

Depression and memory: Is mood-congruent information more accessible? Bower’s (1981) associative network theory of mood and memory suggests that depressed mood selectively increases the activation or accessibility of all negative cognitions previously associated with depressed mood. However, in their Interacting Cognitive Subsystems theory, Teasdale and colleagues (e.g., Teasdale y Barnard, 1993) suggest that negative depressive thinking reflects changes, with depression, in the schematic mental models through which information is processed, rather than from changes in the accessibility of cognitive constructs. The aim of the present experiment was to explore the predictions derived from both accounts. The results obtained in this study confirm the predictions based on Bower’s(1981) associative network theory. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed.

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Title
DEPRESIÓN Y MEMORIA: ¿ES LA INFORMACIÓN CONGRUENTE CON EL ESTADO DE ÁNIMO MÁS ACCESIBLE?
Author
Ruiz Caballero, José Antonio; Carmen Sánchez Arribas
Pages
193-196
Publication year
2001
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (PSICODOC)
ISSN
02149915
e-ISSN
1886144X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish; English
ProQuest document ID
2778595191
Copyright
© 2001. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the associated terms available at https://www.psicothema.com/PublicationNorms2022.pdf