Attributional style and life-events.

Journal article

Abstract:: The study addressed the question of the significance of intervening life-events in linking attributional style and depression. Twenty male subjects who had experienced an uncontrollable event, job redundancy, were compared with 20 controls on measures of attributional style, depression and self-esteem. The reformulated helplessness hypothesis implies that attribution and depression should be correlated only after the uncontrollable event. This was found to be the case for internal--external dimension, providing tentative support for the reformulated helplessness model.

Journal:: British journal of clinical psychology / the British Psychological Society More from this journal
Volume:: 22 (Pt 2)
Issue:: JUN
Pages:: 139-140
Publication date:: 1983-06-01
DOI:: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1983.tb00591.x
ISSN:: 0144-6657

Language:: English
Keywords:: Unemployment

Male

Helplessness, Learned

Internal-External Control

Self Concept

Life Change Events

Adult

Humans

Depression
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Source identifiers:: 448895
Deposit date:: 2014-02-19

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