Depression and distortion in the attribution of causality.
Depression and distortion in the attribution of causality.
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因果关系归因中的抑郁和扭曲。
DOI:
10.1037//0021-843x.87.1.32
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发表时间:
1978
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Ross Rizley
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作者:
Ross Rizley
Two recent models of depression argue that disturbances of affect result from the operation of depressogenic cognition. ME Seligman's (1975) learned helplessness model postulates that the depressed individual views actions and consequent events to be causally unrelated, whereas AT Beck's (1967) cognitive schema approach suggests that the depressed individual may overestimate causal responsibility for evaluatively negative, but not for evaluatively positive, events. Two studies were conducted, each using 40 college students scoring above 12 (depressed) or below 7 (non-depressed) on the Beck Depression Inventory. Exp I examined causal ascription for success or failure on an impersonal number-guessing task, and results suggest that depressed Ss rated internal causal factors (effort and ability) to be more important determinants of failure but less important determinants of success than did nondepressed Ss. Exp II examined the attribution of causality in an interpersonal influence situation. Relative to nondepressed Ss, depressed Ss self-attributed more interpersonal influence and causality for both evaluatively positive and negative behavior changes in another person. Results of the 2 studies are interpreted as inconsistent with Seligman's theory and partially supportive of Beck's theory.(41 ref)(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)