Overinclusive thinking in a depressive and a control group.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting Psychology
- Vol. 21 (2) , 186-188
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048167
Abstract
The present results suggest that depressives "overinclude" significantly more than normals on Epstein''s test (see J. consult. Psychol., 1953, 17, 384-388). In fact depressives are probably more abnormal with respect to "overinclusion" of thinking than are schizophrenics. It is possible that "overinclusion" is related to "psychoticism" rather than to schizophrenia specifically [and] that it is also possible that the depressives in the present study were more "psychotic" than the schizophrenics in Epstein''s study. It is [also] possible on the other hand that "overinclusion" is merely related to the specific symptom of depression.Keywords
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