It's all about me: self-focused attention and depressed mood

Sloan, Denise M.

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It's all about me: self-focused attention and depressed mood

Sloan, Denise M.·2005·Cognitive Therapy and Research

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First-person singular pronoun use has emerged as a predictor of depression in prior research.
“Finally, the use of first-person singular pronouns (“I,” “me.” “my”), a proposed measure of self-immersed processing (24, 25) has emerged as a predictor of depression (9, 26, 27) and general psychopathology (28) in prior research.”
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More first-person singular pronoun use in trauma narratives may indicate unmitigated self-immersion, which may hamper emotion regulation and has been associated with greater impairment of mental and social functioning.
“Finally, more first-person singular pronoun use in trauma narratives predicted later PTSD and may indicate unmitigated self-immersion which may hamper emotion regulation and has been associated with greater impairment of mental and social functioning (9, 26).”
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Authors: Sloan, D. M.
Affiliations: Temple University (US)
Corresponding author: Sloan, Denise M.
ORCID: Sloan, Denise M.
Venue: Cognitive Therapy and Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2005-06
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Pages: 279-288
ISSN: 0147-5916 (ISSN-L)
1573-2819
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-005-0511-1
OpenAlex: W2090878411
Semantic Scholar: ad8c42053083fea07129b543edafd03cad5ae835
Cited by: 39
References: 38
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 2.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Cognitive Therapy and Research (publishedVersion)
Funders: Temple University
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Keywords: self-focus, dysphoria, depressive mood

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