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Cognitive Distortions in the Poetry of Anne Sexton

Wedding, Danny·2000·Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
DOI 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2000.tb01072.x
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Cognitive therapists have described cognitive distortions that are frequently associated with depression. These distortions include arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, magnification and minimization, personalization, and dichotomous thinking, which are often present in suicidal individuals. This article suggests it is useful to conceptualize cognitive distortions in literary terms and uses the professional oeuvre of confessional poet Anne Sexton to identify salient examples.

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  1. Burns D., 1980, Feeling Good
  2. Kumin M., 1981, Anne Sexton: A biography
  3. Long M. A., 1993, As if day had rearranged into night: Suicidal tendencies in the poetry of Anne Sexton, Literature and Psychology, 39, 26
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Authors
Wedding, D.
Affiliations
Missouri Institute of Mental Health (US)
Corresponding author
Wedding, Danny
ORCID
Wedding, Danny
Venue
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2000-06
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
140-144
ISSN
  • 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-278X
DOI
10.1111/j.1943-278x.2000.tb01072.x
OpenAlex
W1549190243
Cited by
13
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 2
FWCI
8.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 3864 d)
Locations
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Poetry Analysis and Criticism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Disorders
Keywords
cognitive distortions, Anne Sexton, confessional poetry, depression, suicide, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, personalization, dichotomous thinking, cognitive therapy
MeSH terms
Cognition Disorders, Depression, Famous Persons, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Literature, Modern, Medicine in Literature, Poetry as Topic, Suicide, United States, History, 20th Century

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Wedding, D. (2000). Cognitive Distortions in the Poetry of Anne Sexton. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.2000.tb01072.x