The focus of pessimism in performance assessments by the depressed.

Full Abstract

The study concerns the microstructure of pessimistic judgements concerning personal performance in the depressed. The cognitive bias hypothesis was only supported for global estimates of performance and not for trial-by-trial decisions. This weakens the view that there is a fixed cognitive pessimistic bias and leaves open the possibility either that differences relate to the assessment of frequency or to protective strategies operated by the depressed.

Author information

Author/s: Fisher, S (S);

Affiliation: Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The British journal of clinical psychology / the British Psychological Society (Br J Clin Psychol), published in ENGLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1991-Sep; vol 30 ( Pt 3) (issue ) : pp 271-2

Dates: Created 1991/12/26; Completed 1991/12/26; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 1933047, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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