dc.contributor.advisor | Cole, David A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomassin, Kristel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-07T00:54:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-06-07T00:54:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3065 | |
dc.description.abstract | The current study examines whether children show evidence of adult-like depressive cognitive schemas and when such schemas emerge. Mood-congruent cognitive schemas have been strongly associated with adult depression (Ingram, 1984; Ingram et al., 1998). Findings suggest that a processing bias emerges in early childhood and adolescence (Neshat-Doost et al., 1998; Taylor & Ingram, 1999). The current study extends the current literature of mood-congruent memorial bias to 5- and 6-year old children. Controlling for prior depressive symptoms, results indicated that both biased recall and recognition are significant predictors of depressive symptoms from wave 2 to 3 but not from wave 1 to 2. Our results have narrowed the age range at which we first see evidence of biased memory and depressive symptoms. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en |
dc.subject | Memory Bias | en |
dc.subject | Depression | en |
dc.subject | Children | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depression | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depression in children | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Recollection (Psychology) | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Emotions and cognition | en |
dc.title | Relation of Depressive Symptoms to Mood-Congruent Memorial Bias in Young Children: A Longitudinal Study | en |
dc.title.alternative | Memorial bias as predictor of depressive symptoms | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.college | Peabody College and College of Arts and Science | en |
dc.description.school | Vanderbilt University | en |
dc.description.department | Departments of Psychology and Human Development | en |