Prospective cognitions in anxiety and depression: Replication and methodological extension

The present study presents a replication and methodological extension of Ma cLeod, Tata, Kentish, and Jacobsen (1997) with a nonclinical sample, using future-directed imagery to assess prospective cognitions. Results showed th at only anxiety (but not depression) was related to enhanced imagery for fu ture negative events. Both anxiety and depression showed significant zero-o rder correlations with reduced imagery for future positive events. However, when the overlap between anxiety and depression was controlled for, only d epression (but not anxiety) showed a unique association with reduced imager y for positive events. Implications of these findings for cognitive models of anxiety and depression are discussed.