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Erle, Thorsten M., Barth, Niklas and Topolinski, Sascha ORCID: 0000-0001-9295-3463 (2019). Egocentrism in sub-clinical depression. Cogn. Emot., 33 (6). S. 1239 - 1249. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1464-0600

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Abstract

Depression is marked by rigid thinking and the inability to generate different and more positive views on the self. The current study conceptualises this a perspective-taking deficit, which is defined as a deficit in the ability to overcome one's egocentrism. Previous research has demonstrated that individuals with depression are impaired in Theory of Mind reasoning and empathy - two social cognitions that involve cognitive and affective perspective-taking. Here, it was investigated whether these deficits generalise to visuo-spatial perspective-taking. To test this, a convenience sample (N = 268; n = 62 high depressive symptoms; n = 206 healthy control participants) completed a test-battery including measures of cognitive and visuo-spatial perspective-taking and closely matched cognitive and visuo-spatial control tasks. The results showed that individuals exhibiting high levels of depressive symptoms were specifically impaired on both perspective-taking tasks but performed equally well on the control tasks. Interventions to combat rigid thinking in depression are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Erle, Thorsten M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Barth, Niklas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Topolinski, Sascha UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-3463 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-144174
DOI:	10.1080/02699931.2018.1552120
Journal or Publication Title:	Cogn. Emot.
Volume:	33
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1239 - 1249
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1464-0600
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE-TAKING; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; SOCIAL-SKILLS; MIND DEFICITS; EMPATHY; SCHIZOTYPY; NETWORKS; DISORDER; ABILITY; ADULTS Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14417