Surviving a failure
Efficacy and a laboratory based test of the hopelessness model of depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10902120 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diane M Houston (0000-0002-6180-4307, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 545-558 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ejsp.2420250506 |
| OpenAlex | W2111778442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Abramson, Metalsky and Alloy's (1989) revision of the reformulated model of helplessness and depression to hopelessness theory introduced the possibility of additional diatheses for depression. The present paper describes a laboratory‐based test of the hopelessness model which provides an opportunity to explore the role of efficacy in relation to the new model and to extend its application to anxiety. Undergraduate students were asked to complete a general ability test and received false feedback which led them to believe that they had performed less well than they had anticipated. Attributional style was found to be predictive of increase in anxiety following failure feedback. The interaction between attributional style and eficacy was found to predict depression. Among subjects who were low in efficacy attributional style was significantly related to depression. While the study provided partial support for hopelessness theory it indicates a role for the assessment of efficacy as a moderator variable within the model
Anxiety · Attribution · Depression (economics) · Developmental psychology · Learned helplessness · Moderation · Psychiatry · Style (visual arts) · Test (biology) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
Hopelessness depression
Depressive attributional style.
Learned helplessness in humans
The Role and Methodology of Classification in Psychiatry and Psychopathology
Self-efficacy
Importance of attributions as a predictor of how people cope with failure
Vulnerability to depressive symptomatology
Vulnerability to depressive mood reactions
Perceived self-efficacy in coping with cognitive stressors and opioid activation
Depression and causal attributions
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |