Are cognitive conflicts a neglected individual difference?. Personality and Individual Differences, 2014.
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Research on cognitive variables such as cognitive distortions, misattributions, memory and attention processes has grown substantially in the last 30 years. However, little attention has been paid to the conflictive nature of schemas involved in construing self and others which might help to explain the ambivalence some people experience when facing change. Personal Construct Theory (a predecessor of many cognitive theories) has proved useful in understanding internal conflicts and fragmentation in the meaning systems with which people try to make sense of events. Our group has found a way to identify two types of conflicts or dilemmas from data collected using the Repertory Grid technique. Results suggest that those conflicts are more common in clinical samples than in control groups. Data from different studies will be presented. It supports the idea that cognitive conflicts might play a role in various clinical conditions, and especially in blocking the process of change.
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