cognitive AO3

• • Research to support
  • it has been found that 65 pregnant women judged as being cognitively vulnerable to depression (due to negative thinking) were more likely to get post-natal depression
  • shows that thoughts do play a role on the development of depression
  • clearly supporting the cognitive explanation of depression
• Strenght

  • explanation has practical applications
  • by showing that negative thinking leads to depression as demonstrated by the ABC model
  • lead to development of CBT as a treatment
  • which works by identifying and challenging clients negative beliefs
  • therefore the cognitive explanation of depression is an important area of applied psychology to benefit society