Intuitive Judgments in Depression and the Role of Processing Fluency and Positive Valence: A Preregistered Replication Study.
depression
intuition
meaning detection
positive affect
positive valence
processing fluency
replication
semantic coherence judgments
Journal
Clinical psychology in Europe
ISSN: 2625-3410
Titre abrégé: Clin Psychol Eur
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9918266187206676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
19
12
2019
accepted:
28
10
2020
entrez:
18
11
2022
pubmed:
23
12
2020
medline:
23
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Recent preliminary evidence indicates that depression is associated with impaired intuitive information processing. The current study aimed at replicating these findings and to move one step further by exploring whether factors known as triggering intuition (positivity, processing fluency) also affect intuition in patients with depression. We pre-registered and tested five hypotheses using data from 35 patients with depression and 35 healthy controls who performed three versions of the Judgment of Semantic Coherence Task (JSCT, Bowers et al., 1990). This task operationalizes intuition as the inexplicable and sudden detection of semantic coherence. Results revealed that depressed patients and healthy controls did not differ in their general intuitive performance (Hypothesis 1). We further found that fluency did not significantly affect depressed patients' coherence judgments (H2a) and that the assumed effect of fluency on coherence judgments was not moderated by depression (H2b). Finally, we found that triads positive in valence were more likely to be judged as coherent as compared to negative word triads in the depressed sample (H3a), but this influence of positive (vs. negative) valence on coherence judgments did not significantly differ between the two groups (H3b). Overall the current study did not replicate findings from previous research regarding intuitive semantic coherence detection deficits in depression. However, our findings suggest that enhancing positivity in depressed patients may facilitate their ability to see meaning in their environment and to take intuitive decision.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Recent preliminary evidence indicates that depression is associated with impaired intuitive information processing. The current study aimed at replicating these findings and to move one step further by exploring whether factors known as triggering intuition (positivity, processing fluency) also affect intuition in patients with depression.
Method
UNASSIGNED
We pre-registered and tested five hypotheses using data from 35 patients with depression and 35 healthy controls who performed three versions of the Judgment of Semantic Coherence Task (JSCT, Bowers et al., 1990). This task operationalizes intuition as the inexplicable and sudden detection of semantic coherence.
Results
UNASSIGNED
Results revealed that depressed patients and healthy controls did not differ in their general intuitive performance (Hypothesis 1). We further found that fluency did not significantly affect depressed patients' coherence judgments (H2a) and that the assumed effect of fluency on coherence judgments was not moderated by depression (H2b). Finally, we found that triads positive in valence were more likely to be judged as coherent as compared to negative word triads in the depressed sample (H3a), but this influence of positive (vs. negative) valence on coherence judgments did not significantly differ between the two groups (H3b).
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Overall the current study did not replicate findings from previous research regarding intuitive semantic coherence detection deficits in depression. However, our findings suggest that enhancing positivity in depressed patients may facilitate their ability to see meaning in their environment and to take intuitive decision.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36398058
doi: 10.32872/cpe.v2i4.2593
pii: cpe.v2i4.2593
pmc: PMC9645470
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e2593Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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