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Citation |
Tripp DA, Catano V, Sullivan MJL. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1997; 29(2): 101-111. |
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(Copyright © 1997, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing) |
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unavailable |
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Abstract |
Used structural equation modeling to examine the relations among attributional style (AS), outcome expectancies for future life-events, depression, and self-esteem among 195 college students. Ss completed questionnaires assessing AS, outcome expectancies, depression, and self esteem. Consistent with the hopelessness and self-regulation theories of depression, the 1st series of models illustrated that positive attributional styles (PAS) and negative attributional styles (NAS) had direct influences on expectancies, and that expectancies had a direct influence on depression. An NAS influenced depression independent of one's expectancies for the future. A 2nd series of models, which included the latent construct of self-esteem, showed that the previously modeled relations showing a PAS and an NAS having direct influence on expectancies and expectancies having a direct inverse effect on depression remained consistent. A PAS had an indirect positive influence on self-esteem via expectancies. A PAS also had a direct positive effect on self-esteem, an unexpected finding according to self-regulation theory. The final model also showed that self-esteem was inversely influenced by depression. A LISREL correlation matrix is appended. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords |
Attribution; Cognition; Expectations; Experiences (Events); Major Depression; Models; Self-Esteem |