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Title
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Is the relationship between frontal EEG alpha asymmetry and depression mediated by implicit or explicit self-esteem?
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Abstract
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| A robust physiological finding is a higher relative left sided activity in the prefrontal cortex during the experience of positive approach related emotions and a higher relative right sided activity during the experience of negative withdrawal related emotions. Since self-esteem can be conceptualized within a framework of approach/withdrawal tendencies, the present study aimed at investigating if the relation between frontal EEG alpha asymmetry and depressive symptoms is mediated by implicit or explicit self-esteem. Self-esteem was measured by questionnaires (explicit) and in an indirect way (implicit). The mediation analyses showed that only explicit self-esteem acted as a partial mediator in the path from EEG alpha asymmetry to depression. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Biological psychology. - Amsterdam
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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2008
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ISSN
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0301-0511
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DOI
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10.1016/J.BIOPSYCHO.2007.06.004
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Volume/pages
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77
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(2008)
, p. 89-92
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ISI
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000252766400013
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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