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Cognitive Distortions in the Poetry of Anne Sexton
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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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“Thematic analysis by independent raters also deemed the stories and poetry of suicidal individuals as highly “polarized” (Litinsky & Haslam, 1998; Wedding, 2000).”
From In an Absolute State: Elevated Use of Absolutist Words Is a Marker Specific to Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation (2018) · cites this paper as Wedding, 2000
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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
- 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
- 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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