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06-02-2017 | Original Article

Decision Justification Theory in Depression: Regret and Self-Blame

Auteurs: Morganne A. Kraines, Cassandra P. Krug, Tony T. Wells

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 4/2017

Abstract

Depressed individuals experience more self-blame than healthy individuals. Less is known about how depressed individuals process and display regret. Decision Justification Theory (DJT) proposes two components of decision regret: self-blame for making a bad choice, and comparative evaluation of the outcome. The current study examined DJT in the context of currently, formerly, and never depressed individuals. Sixty-five participants (27 never, 24 formerly, and 14 currently depressed) read two scenarios designed to elicit regret and rated the degree to which they experienced self-blame, comparative evaluation regret, and overall regret. Currently depressed participants demonstrated greater self-blame regret compared to the never depressed group. There were no significant effects of depression status on comparative outcome regret or overall regret. These results suggest that MDD is associated with increased self-blame regret, but not comparative outcome regret. Future research is needed to determine if self-blame is a symptom of MDD or a maintenance factor.

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Results described here use parametric statistics. However, it should be noted that the regret data were not normally distributed. As such, we also analyzed the results using non-parametric statistics and the results were nearly identical to those using parametric statistics. In particular, a Kruskal–Wallis H Test indicated that there was a significant effect of depression status on self-blame regret within the self-blame scenario (p = .04) and a Mann–Whitney U test indicated that there is a significant difference between the currently depressed and never depressed individuals (p = .036).

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Titel: Decision Justification Theory in Depression: Regret and Self-Blame
Auteurs: Morganne A. Kraines
Cassandra P. Krug
Tony T. Wells
Publicatiedatum: 06-02-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-017-9836-y

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