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| Title |
Visual mental imagery and symptoms of depression – results from a large-scale web-based study
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12888-015-0689-1 |
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| Authors |
Charlotte Weßlau, Marie Cloos, Volkmar Höfling, Regina Steil |
| Abstract |
Mental imagery may influence the onset and maintenance of depression, but specific mechanisms have not yet been determined. Nine hundred twelve participants completed questionnaires on positive and negative mental images, as well as images of injury and death that lead to positive emotions ("ID-images"), and depressive symptomatology. The assessment was carried out online to reduce effects of social desirability. Positive images were reported by 87 % of the sample, negative images by 77 %. ID-images were present in one-third of the sample. A connection with depression severity was found for the absence of positive mental images and the presence of negative images as well as ID-images. Higher depression scores were associated with more frequent and vivid negative images, greater imagery distress, and a higher proportion of negative relative to positive images. Mental images are clearly related to depression. Future research should focus on ID-images and their connection to suicide-risk in depressed patients. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 9% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 18 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 51 | 44% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 13 | 11% |
| Unknown | 37 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2018.
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#3,109,012
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Outputs from BMC Psychiatry
#1,212
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#49,420
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychiatry
#15
of 73 outputs
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