A Hyper-Emotion Theory of Psychological Illnesses

Autor/inn/en	Johnson-Laird, P. N.; Mancini, Francesco; Gangemi, Amelia
Titel	A Hyper-Emotion Theory of Psychological Illnesses
Quelle	In: Psychological Review, 113 (2006) 4, S.822-841 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-295X
Schlagwörter	Mental Disorders; Epidemiology; Psychopathology; Patients; Theories; Emotional Response; Psychological Patterns; Inferences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Epidemiologie; Psychopathologie; Patient; Theory; Theorie; Emotionales Verhalten; Inference; Inferenz
Abstract	A hyper-emotion theory of psychological illnesses is presented. It postulates that these illnesses have an onset in which a cognitive evaluation initiates a sequence of unconscious transitions yielding a basic emotion. This emotion is appropriate for the situation but inappropriate in its intensity. Whenever it recurs, it leads individuals to a focus on the precipitating situation and to characteristic patterns of inference that can bolster the illness. Individuals with a propensity to psychological illness accordingly reason better than more robust individuals, but only on topics relevant to their illness. The theory is assessed in the light of previous research, a small epidemiological study of patients, and 3 empirical studies. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10