Depression and Causal Attribution; A Review

Studies that examine the relations between depression and causal attributions have shown inconsistent findings. It was concluded in this review that attributions to stable-global causes for negative events showed a significant association with depression, but that the relations between depression and attributions for positive events were weaker than the corresponding ones for negative events. Several methodological problems, such as measurements of attributional sytle, heterogeneity of depression, and research strategies, were noticed. The depressive realism and the causal role of depressive attributional styles in depression were discussed. And the suggestions for future research testing the diathesis-stress model of depression were proposed.

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Submission Date: 1990-08-07

Revised Date: 1990-10-04

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Vol.9 No.1

Depression and Causal Attribution; A Review

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General