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Objective To examine the characteristics of dysfunctional attitudes in patients with so?matoform disorders and to delineate the relationship between dysfunctional attitudes and personality disorder tendency. Methods Sixty?four outpatients with somatoform disorder and 52 healthy individuals were recrui?ted and asked to complete the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire( PDQ?4) and the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale( DAS ) for the evaluation of their personality disorder tendency and cognitive characteristics. DAS scores were compared between patient and control groups. The relationship between DAS and PDQ?4 was e?valuated by comparing DAS scores of patients with and without personality disorder tendency and by correla?ting patients’ total scores of DAS and PDQ?4. Results Patients with somatoform disorder(150.13±31.75) showed significantly higher scores of DAS than healthy controls(121.62±20.30). Moreover,patients with per?sonality disorder tendency exhibited significantly higher scores in the total score of DAS and scores of five factors including vulnerability, absorption/exclusive, compulsion, dependence and cognitive philosophy ( P<0.05) . Finally,a positive correlation was found between total scores of DAS and PDQ?4( r=0.535, P<0.01) and the correlation coefficients between the total score of DAS and Cluster A( r=0.545) and C scores( r=0.625) were significantly higher than that of Cluster B score( r=0.317).Conclusion Patients with somato?form disorders have cognitive distortion,which is correlated with personality disorder tendency.
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Objective To study the relationships among postpartum depression,dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts.Methods 274 cases of postpartum women were estimated at fifth or sixth week after delivery by Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS),Dysfunctional Attitudes Scales (DAS),Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire(ATQ) and some other forms designed by ourselves.Results ①The prevalence of postpartum depression was 18.20％.②The impact of culture degree on postpartum depression was statistically significant(x2 =12.37,P ＜ 0.05).③Compared with normal subjects,the postpartum depression group had significantly higher total score of ATQ (48.98 ± 12.35 vs 79.29 ± 23.90),total scores of DAS (118.92 ± 20.03 vs 148.03 ± 28.47),attraction or repulsion (13.82 ± 4.33 vs 18.01 ± 6.38),perfection (14.53 ± 5.91 vs 19.21 ± 5.23),compulsion(13.09 ± 3.61 vs 19.36 ± 4.98),seeking applause (14.97 ± 4.06 vs 18.78 ± 5.59),dependence (14.30 ±4.12 vs 19.23 ± 5.43),autonomous attitude(16.54 ± 3.67 vs 21.51 ± 4.81),cognition philosophy (12.32 ± 3.79 vs 18.16 ± 3.43),the difference was all statistically significant (P ＜ 0.01).④There was a significant positive correlation in postpartum depression and total scores of ATQ,total scores of DAS,attraction or repulsion,perfection,compulsion,seeking applause,dependence,cognition philosophy (the Pearson correlation was respectively:0.658,0.432,0.187,0.432,0.481,0.304,0.458,0.459,P ＜ 0.01).⑤Through stepwise regression analysis,automatic thoughts,cognition philosophy,compulsion,perfection and dysfunctional attitudes might play considerable role to predict the occurrence of postpartum depression.Conclusion Automatic thoughts,dysfunctional attitudes can predict postpartum depression to some extent.
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Objective To compare the differences of dysfunctional attitudes between depressive patients in remission with and without personality disorder (PD).Methods A total of 72 patients with remitted depression were assessed with Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 (PDQ-4) and Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS).They were divided into PD group ( n = 20 ) and non-PD group ( n = 31 ) according to their PDQ-4 scores.The differences of dysfunctional attitudes between the two groups were compared.Results The total score and seven factors' scores of DAS of the PD group were ( ( 142.40 ± 20.68 ), ( 16.55 ± 3.76), ( 16.35 ± 5.45 ),( 18.35 ± 4.15 ), ( 17.90 ± 3.55 ), ( 18.85 ± 5.72 ), ( 18.25 ± 4.82 ), ( 20.75 ± 5.54) respectively) significantly higher than the counterparts of the non-PD group, which were( ( 113.61 ± 19.08 ), (13.71 ± 2.88 ), ( 12.45 ±2.87) ,(12.55 ±3.60),(13.90 ±3.72) ,(14.68 ±3.51),(14.16 ±4.12),(15.81 ±4.78)) respectively (P＜ 0.01 ).Conclusion Remitted depressive patients with personality disorders have more cognitive distortions than those without personality disorders.
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Objective:To examine whether dysfunctional attitudes and cognitive bias change with fluctuations in depressive symptoms. Methods:122 patients with MDD (major depressive disorder) were assessed with DAS (dysfunctional attitude scale),CBQ (cognitive bias questionnaire) ,and HRSD (Hamilton rating scale for depression) before and after the 8-week treatment. 51 normal subjects were assessed with the DAS, CBQ and SDS as controls.Results:(1) Compared with normal controls, at the baseline MDD patients had significantly higher total DAS scores (158.2?34.6 vs. 119.3?23.4,t=8.559, P=0.000) and the score of CBQ (5.19?3.77 vs. 1.69?1.83, t=8.208, P=0.000). (2) After 8 weeks, the HRSD scores of patients reduced to Median 7.0, and the DAS and CBQ scores significantly lower than those in baseline (DAS total score from 158.2?34.6 to 143.3?29.3, t=3.611, P=0.000; the median of CBQ decreased from 5.0 to 3.0;z=4.670, P=0.000). (3) The DAS score (131.1?25.7) and CBQ score (median 3.0) of full recovery patients with full recovery remained higher than those of controls (t=2.397, P=0.018 ;z=3.990, P=0.000).Conclusion:Dysfunctional attitudes and cognitive bias were influenced by fluctuations in stata or demonstrateing stability over time. They were all state-trait features.
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Objective:To investigate the dysfunctional attitudes of hypertension patients with depression.Methods: After evaluating 1088 patients with essential hypertension by HAD,patients with HAD positive result were evaluated with HAMD and HAMA.The subjects with positive results(n=262)were compared with the normal group(n=306).They were assessed with the dysfunctional attitudes scales(DAS).Results:①The sequence of dysfunctional attitudes of hypertension patients with depression were cognition philosophy,seeking applause,and compulsion.②Significant gender differences were found in dysfunctional attitudes.③Most of the subscales of DAS were significantly positively correlated with depression symptoms(P
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OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to examine the effect of marital satisfaction and dysfunctional attitudes on depression in married women. METHODS: Forty depressed married female patients and 34 non-depressed married women as normal control group completed three self-report questionnaires, Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) Dysfunctional Attitude Scale(DAS) and Dyadic Adjustment Scale(DYAS) Marital satisfaction and dysfunctional attitudes were compared by student t-test between the two groups. Also, relative importances of each variables to depression were examined with stepwise multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: Depressed patients reported significantly lower level of marital satisfaction and showed higher level of dysfunctional attitudes than normal controls. Dyadic satisfaction, approval need, and perfectionism subfactors were more important in predicting depressive symptomatology than other variables in patients. CONCLUSION: We conclude that marital satisfaction has significant influence on development and maintenance of depression in married women, and in underlying thinking process, dysfunctional attitudes serve as a cognitive vulnerability factor. This conclusion involves the expectation that if dysfunctional attitudes of depressed married women could be changed positively, their marital satisfaction will be increased to higher level and depression will be decreased. Overall, our findings stress that we need to consider the degrees of marital satisfaction and dysfunctional attitudes of depressed maried women, when treating them, in order to individualize treatments and optimize our ability to predict responsiveness to therapy.