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Peer reviewedCurry, John F.; Craighead, W. Edward – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Tested reformulated learned helplessness theory of depression with adolescent inpatients (N=63) diagnosed as depressed, conduct disordered, or both. Adolescents with major depressive diagnosis differed from nondepressed adolescents with significantly lower attributional style scores for positive events. Subjects who reported more severe depression…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Behavior Disorders, Depression (Psychology)
