An examination of the relationships between the psychobiological model of personality and cognitive theory in patients diagnosed with major depression and healthy individuals
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Tarih
2016
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Turkish Association of Nervous and Mental Health
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among temperament-character traits, dysfunctional attitudes, and automatic thoughts as well as to compare the patient group with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and the healthy control group in terms of these variables. Method: 127 patients with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder and 128 healthy subjects participated voluntarily in the study. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS), Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to the participants. Results: It was seen that the patient group had higher harm avoidance as well as lower self-directedness, cooperativeness, and persistence. Moreover, it was seen that the individuals in the patient group had increased frequency of dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts pertaining to depression, when comparing to the control group. In addition, according to the results of the multiple mediating variables analysis, dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts are fully mediated in the relationship between harm avoidance, self-directedness, and depression. Conclusion: This study shows that cognitive theory and the psychobiological personality model may be used together to explain depression. Accordingly, it can be said that harm avoidance and self-directedness are the risk factors for depression. Based upon the results of this research can be use for preventing depression. Moreover, the effectiveness of cognitive psychotherapy for people who have depression can be augmented by taking these temperament and character traits into consideration.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Character, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Cognitive therapy, Depression, Major depressive disorder, Temperament
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Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi
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Q3
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27
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4
