Negative self-evaluations among dysphoric college students: A difference in degree or kind?

The tendency to engage in globally negative self-evaluations (i.e., overgeneralization) is quite prevalent in depression but the precise nature of this tendency is little understood. This research examined whether the self-evaluations of dysphoric individuals differed in “degree” or “kind” from those of nondysphoric individuals. Dysphoric and nondysphoric students imagined themselves in various hypothetical situations and rated how they would...