Resolving ambiguity in everyday life: A multi-method longitudinal investigation of the nature and socio-affective consequences of inflexible negative interpretations linked to depressive symptoms. KU Leuven
Increased efforts to identify mechanisms underlying depression are crucial to develop more effective approaches to its treatment. Theories propose that a bias toward inferring negative interpretations of ambiguity plays a crucial role in depression, but little is known about how this bias exerts its toxic effects. This project expands on the novel hypothesis that inflexibility in how people revise negative interpretations of social situations ...