Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Solution Focused vs Problem Focused Questions on Affect and Processing Speed among Individuals with Depression Subject The topic of the resource Affect; Depression; Processing speed; Solution focused brief therapy; Solution focused questions Description An account of the resource The present study investigated the effect of solution-focused and problem-focused questions on affect and processing speed in a sample of 60 individuals diagnosed with depression. Participants were equally and randomly assigned to the solution focused question group, problem focused question group, and delayed experimental group. The Beck depression inventory-II was used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms of the participants. The positive and negative affect schedule was used to measure affect. Symbol search and coding were used to measure the processing speed. Solution-focused questions significantly reduced negative affect and improved coding compared to problem-focused questions. Even though there was no significant interaction between the groups in positive affect and symbol search test performance, solution-focused questions caused simple effects in both. Findings imply the scope of solution-focused questions as psychological first aid in intervening depression. Possible long-term effects of solution-focused questions on individuals with depression were discussed. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Koorankot J.; Moosa A.; Froerer A.; Rajan S.K. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, Vol-52, No. 4, pp. 347-353. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-022-09549-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-022-09549-4</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85133186721&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs10879-022-09549-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=395f08070c84f6015faeafbe707d160c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85133186721&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs10879-022-09549-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=395f08070c84f6015faeafbe707d160c</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 220116; CODEN: JCPTB Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Koorankot J., Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kerala, Kozhikode, 673008, India; Moosa A., Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kerala, Kozhikode, 673008, India; Froerer A., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Atlanta, 30309, GA, United States; Rajan S.K., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India