Citation

Dozois DJA, Hayden EP. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2022; 54(2): 96-106.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/cbs0000301

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

For more than four decades, Canadian psychologists have made significant contributions to the understanding of cognitive vulnerability to depression. This article highlights some of these exceptional contributions and the important roles Canadian scientists have played in enhancing our understanding of the cognitive products (e.g., dysfunctional attitudes), cognitive operations/processes (e.g., attention, encoding, and memory biases), and cognitive structures (i.e., cognitive organization) involved in depression. Following this review, we discuss research that has integrated cognitive vulnerability with other risk factors for depression, address some important measurement issues in cognitive vulnerability research, and highlight directions for future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Cognitive Processes; Experimentation; Human Information Storage; Major Depression; Measurement; Psychologists; Risk Factors; Schema; Susceptibility (Disorders)