Abstract
Approximately 19 million American adults suffer from depressive illness in given 1-year period. Research has shown that depressed persons have difficulty with performing daily tasks, meeting their own personal care needs, and maintaining social relationships. According to Beck's cognitive theory of depression, such deficits in adaptive functioning in depressed persons are affected by disturbances in specific cognitive process that he identified as personal beliefs. However, Adler's social interest theory suggests that one's relationship with others, which he called social interest, is perhaps an equally important cognitive process. Each of these cognitive processes may differentially affect the depressed person's ability to function in daily activities. Rosenbaum's learned resourcefulness theory suggests the relationship between cognitive processes and adaptive functioning is influenced by learned resourcefulness. The purpose of this study was to test an integrated model derived from Beck's, Adler's, and Rosenbaum's theories for predicting adaptive functioning.
Sigma Membership
Lambda Beta at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Cognitive Processes, Care for Depressed Patients, Day to Day Functioning
Advisor
Jaclene A. Zauszniewski
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Case Western Reserve University
Degree Year
2005
Recommended Citation
Lai, Chien Yu, "Learned resourcefulness, cognitive processes, and adaptive functioning in depressed adults" (2020). Dissertations. 559.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/559
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None: Degree-based Submission
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-05-28
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3172190; ProQuest document ID: 305388564. The author still retains copyright.