Depressive symptoms and unprompted causal attributions: content analysis |
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| Authors: | C Peterson B A Bettes M E Seligman |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A.;2. Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.;3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.;1. Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;2. Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;1. Department of Psychiatry, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;2. Mental Health Center Friesland, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands;3. University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, University Center for Psychiatry, Groningen, The Netherlands;4. Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;5. GGNet, Department of Old-age Psychiatry, Apeldoorn/Zutphen, The Netherlands;6. GGZinGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;7. Department Psychiatry/EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio;2. Department of Breast Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio;3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massey Cancer Center, VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia;4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;6. 21st Century Oncology, Farmington Hills, Michigan;1. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MA;2. Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN;3. Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN;4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN;1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Maring–, Avenida Colombo, 5790, CEP: 87020-900 Maring–, Paran–, Brazil;2. Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, Universidade Estadual de Maring–, Avenida Colombo, 5790, CEP: 87020-900 Maring–, Paran–, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Sixty-six adults wrote essays describing the two worst events that had occurred to them during the preceding year and then completed the short-form of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Causal explanations for bad events were extracted from the essays and rated by judges for internality (vs externality), stability (vs instability) and globality (vs specificity). Ratings were consistent across different attributions made by the same individual. Further, the internality, stability and globality of these unprompted attributions correlated with depressive symptoms as measured by the BDI. Taken together, the results support the attributional reformulation of the learned-helplessness model of depression. |
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