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P N Johnson-Laird1, Francesco Mancini, Amelia Gangemi.
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. Copyright 2006 APA.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17014304 DOI： 10.1037/0033-295X.113.4.822
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychol Rev ISSN： 0033-295X Impact factor: 8.934