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Complejidad y ordenación del self: ¿Factores cognitivos protectores de la depresión?

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1991
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El presente estudio contrasta dos hipótesis acerca del papel que juegan variables estructurales de representación cognitiva del yo en la presencia de síntomas depresivos. La primera, derivada del modelo de complejidad del self de Linville, predice que una representación compleja del self moderaría el efecto depresógeno de los acontecimientos vitales negativos. La segunda, derivada de la psicología de los constructos personales y, en concreto, del trabajo de Landfield, predice que la anterior hipótesis se cumplirla sólo si la complejidad del self va unida a una representación integrada del yo. Ambas hipótesis se pusieron a prueba con 79 estudiantes universitarios en un estudio longitudinal, utilizando distintos modelos de regresión. Los resultados mostraron que, contrariamente a la hipótesis de Linville, el papel de la complejidad del self en el desarrollo de síntomas depresivos no es el de un factor protector de la depresión, sino de vulnerabilidad. Contrariamente a la hipótesis de Landfield, la ordenación del self no desempeñó ningún papel mediador en la anterior relación. Los resultados se discuten en el marco del modelo de depresión derivado de la psicología de los constructos personales de Kelly.
We tried to test two hypotheses. The first hypothesis, derived from Línville's self-complexity model, states that a complex cognitive representatíon of the self serves to moderate the depressogenic effects of stress. The second hypothesis, derived from Landfield's work in the framework of personal construct theory, is that, as self-complexity and self-ordination increase, the impact of stress on depression decreases. These two self-organization buffering hypotheses were tested in a prospective study with 79 undergraduate psychology students by using multiple regression models. Contrary to Linville's hypothesis, our results showed that the role of self-complexity in the origin of depressive symptomatology is not as a buffering variable, but as a vulnerability one. Contrary to Landfield's hypothesís, self-ordination did not play any role as a moderator variable in the interaction between self-complexity and stressful events. Results are discussed in the framework of Kelly's personal construct theory.
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