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The
present study examined predictions from several theories
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of
depression in judgment of the positive and negative
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emotionality
of words by dysphoric and nondysphoric
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individuals.
One hundred forty-two dysphoric and 767
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nondysphoric
students rated the positivity and negative
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emotionality
of 42 words. More dysphoric individuals
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generally
rated words as more negative than other individuals.
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Results
were interpretted to support Ingram’s (1984) theory of
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depression
and Schwartz and Garamoni’s (1989) States of
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Mind model.
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