Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach.
Personal construct theory and repertory grid methodology were applied to a study of psychological change experienced by a sample of ten neurotic depressives and their matched controls during short-term hospitalization. All subjects completed a repertory grid and the Zung depression scale on admissio...
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| description | Personal construct theory and repertory grid methodology were applied to a study of psychological change experienced by a sample of ten neurotic depressives and their matched controls during short-term hospitalization. All subjects completed a repertory grid and the Zung depression scale on admission to hospital. Depressives were characterized by lower self-esteem, more negative social perception and higher scores on the Zung scale. Both measures were repeated at the time of discharge from hospital. Depressives showed a significant reduction in depressive mood, more positive social perception, and a change in th construing of the self; controls showed no changes. It is argued that the use of a quantitative assessment technique reinforced by a theoretical framework results in a more refined understanding of psychological change. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:326142ea-8ee3-4519-9b1e-9bfb004c32ab2022-03-26T13:13:37ZPsychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:326142ea-8ee3-4519-9b1e-9bfb004c32abEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1981Hewstone, MHooper, DMiller, KPersonal construct theory and repertory grid methodology were applied to a study of psychological change experienced by a sample of ten neurotic depressives and their matched controls during short-term hospitalization. All subjects completed a repertory grid and the Zung depression scale on admission to hospital. Depressives were characterized by lower self-esteem, more negative social perception and higher scores on the Zung scale. Both measures were repeated at the time of discharge from hospital. Depressives showed a significant reduction in depressive mood, more positive social perception, and a change in th construing of the self; controls showed no changes. It is argued that the use of a quantitative assessment technique reinforced by a theoretical framework results in a more refined understanding of psychological change. |
| spellingShingle | Hewstone, M Hooper, D Miller, K Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach. |
| title | Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach. |
| title_full | Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach. |
| title_fullStr | Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach. |
| title_short | Psychological change in neurotic depression: a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach. |
| title_sort | psychological change in neurotic depression a repertory grid and personal construct theory approach |
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