Seeing Things in Black‐and‐White

A Scoping Review on Dichotomous Thinking Style 1

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ID19277672
AuthorsBruno Bonfá-Araujo (0000-0003-0702-9992, Universidade São Francisco, corresponding author), Atsushi Oshio (0000-0002-2936-2916, Waseda University), Nelson Hauck Filho (0000-0003-0121-7079, Universidade São Francisco)
Year2022
Volume64
Issue4
Pages461-472
Publication date2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJapanese Psychological Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-5368 • E-ISSN: 1468-5884
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jpr.12328
OpenAlexW3128941015
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

Dichotomous thinking is a propensity for individuals to understand events as opposites, in a binary way. There are currently two inventories that accurately measure this construct, the Dichotomous Thinking Inventory, and the Dichotomous Thinking in Eating Disorders Scale. The present study aimed to carry out a review process to compile all the empirical studies that have made use of either of these instruments. To achieve this goal, we carried out a scoping review. We conducted a search using the keywords “Dichotomous Thinking Inventory,” “Dichotomous Thinking in Eating Disorders Scale,” and “Thinking Style” in the databases PubMed, Science Direct, and PsycInfo. No limits were imposed on the review. We found 19 articles that met the pre‐established criteria; the concentration of research occurred in the last 10 years. It was possible to clarify that the dichotomous way of understanding events occurs, in general, in the presence of maladaptive traits of personality

Construct (python library) · MEDLINE · Personality · PsycINFO · Scale (ratio) · Style (visual arts) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Psychology · Social Psychology

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