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Depression is associated with negativity in TAT narratives: The mediating role of agency

Authors
Joo, M.Park, S.W.
Issue Date
6월-2021
Publisher
Springer
Keywords
Agency; Depression; Emotional tone; Narrative; Thematic Apperception Test
Citation
Current Psychology, v.40, no.6, pp.3065 - 3072
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Journal Title
Current Psychology
Volume
40
Number
6
Start Page
3065
End Page
3072
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/128813
DOI
10.1007/s12144-019-00245-6
ISSN
1046-1310
Abstract
Although it is well established that depressed individuals have a tendency to interpret ambiguous stimuli in a negative manner, previous studies have rarely applied narrative analysis to investigate this relation. Our purpose for the present study was to extend the literature by examining whether individuals with depressive symptoms generate negatively distorted narratives when taking the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). We focused on emotional tone and agentic theme in fictional narratives to investigate (1) whether depression is related to the emotional tone of the narrative, and (2) whether agency emerging in narratives mediates the relation between depression and emotional tone. Participants wrote fictional stories in response to three different TAT cards. Two independent sets of three coders coded narratives for emotional tone and agentic theme, respectively. As expected, depression was positively related to the negative emotional tone, and this relation was mediated by the lack of agentic themes in the narratives. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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