Contrafactual em pessoas com e sem indicativos de depressão
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2025.1.47071Palavras-chave:
pensamento imaginativo, pensamento contrafactual, depressão, universitarios.Resumo
O presente estudo objetivou investigar os pensamentos contrafactuais de pessoas com e sem indicativos de depressão, considerando a estrutura, direção da mudança, alvo da modificação e linhas de falha da realidade. Participaram 145 estudantes universitários, com média de idade 22,1 (DP = 4,84). A amostra foi dividida em dois grupos, de acordo com a pontuação no Inventário Beck de Depressão: pessoas sem indicativos de depressão e com indicativos de depressão. Os materiais utilizados foram o Inventário Beck de Depressão e um relato pessoal de uma situação negativa ou inesperada vivenciada no último ano. Participantes com indicativos de depressão descreveram mais relatos referentes a relacionamento afetivo, enquanto participantes sem indicativos de depressão descreveram mais relatos relacionados a situações acadêmicas. Participantes com indicativos de depressão tenderam a elaborar mais pensamentos contrafactuais e os pensamentos foram em maioria ascendente, aditivo, autorreferente e baseado em uma ação/inação.
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