The negative explanatory style refers to the relatively stable tendency to explain negative events by internal, stable, and global causes. This style has been widely related to clinical depression or depres-sive symptoms. Some studies have also shown an association with anxiety and other negative emo-tions. The first goal of the present work was to study the relationships between negative explanatory style, negative affect and symptoms of anxiety and depression. As expected, the results showed that when negative affect was controlled, the association between this explanatory style and symptoms of anxiety and depression disappeared, whereas when symptoms of anxiety and depression were con-trolled the relation between the explanatory style and negative affect was maintained. It is concluded that negative explanatory style is not specific to depression, but it constitutes a cognitive style associ-ated with psychological distress.
El estilo explicativo negativo se refiere a la tendencia relativamente estable a explicar las situaciones negativas mediante causas internas, estables y globales. Gran cantidad de estudios han relacionado este estilo con depresión clínica o síntomas depresivos. Algunos estudios también le han asociado con ansiedad y otras emociones negativas. El principal objetivo del presente trabajo fue estudiar las relaciones entre el estilo explicativo negativo, afecto negativo y síntomas de ansiedad y depresión. Los resultados mostraron, tal como se esperaba, que cuando se controlaba el efecto del afecto nega-tivo, las relaciones entre este estilo explicativo y los síntomas de ansiedad y depresión desaparecían, mientras que cuando se controlaban los síntomas de ansiedad y depresión la asociación entre el esti-lo explicativo y afecto negativo se mantenía. Se concluye que el estilo explicativo negativo no es es-pecífico de la depresión, sino que constituye un estilo cognitivo asociado al malestar psicológico.
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