The Role of Depression and Sex Differences in Attributions Related to Problematic Social Situations

Evaluated the hypothesis that depressed students would tend to make more internal and stable attributions of causality in potentially problematic social situations than nondepressed students. Depressed and nondepressed students rated vignettes for internal/external causality and along a stable/unsta...

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Published inSocial Behavior and Personality Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 73
Main Author Calhoun, James F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1982
Subjects
Attribution Theory
College Students
Depression (Psychology)
Higher Education
Interpersonal Competence
Psychological Patterns
Sex Differences
Social Adjustment
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Summary:Evaluated the hypothesis that depressed students would tend to make more internal and stable attributions of causality in potentially problematic social situations than nondepressed students. Depressed and nondepressed students rated vignettes for internal/external causality and along a stable/unstable dimension. Results supported the hypothesis. (Author/RC)