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Depressive attributions

Selection of different causes or assignment of dimensional meanings

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ID10159364
AuthorsSusan E Krantz (corresponding author), Stephanie S Rude (0000-0001-8279-5334), Stephanie Rude
Year1984
Volume47
Issue1
Pages193-203
Publication date1984-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.47.1.193
PMID6747815
OpenAlexW4235470039
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

Attributional models of depression suggest that depression is associated with internal, stable, and global causal explanations of events. However, the models do not specify whether the depressive attributional process involves the selection of certain causes, the assignment of dimensional meanings to those causes, or both. A distinction between these two processes was suggested by the findings that the choice of causes does not reliably indicate the perceived dimensions and that there is poor convergence between existing methods that assess causes and those that assess dimensions. When causes and dimensions were each measured in a manner that avoided confounding by the other, each made a unique contribution to the prediction of depression scores. Cause ratings alone were significantly associated with depression scores, but the optimal prediction of depression included both causes and dimensions. The implications of the distinction between these two processes for experimental manipulations of attributions and for reattribution training programs are discussed

Attribution · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Confounding · Convergence (economics · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Selection (genetic algorithm · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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