Depressogenic inferential styles, negative events, and depressive symptoms in youth: An attempt to reconcile past inconsistent findings

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2397-2406

  Abela, John R Z ^a   McGirr, Alexander ^a   Skitch, Steven A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Early adolescents; Hopelessness theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEGATIVISM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548503410     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Abela J.R.Z. The hopelessness theory of depression: A test of the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components in third and seventh grade children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 29 (2001) 241-254
2. Abela, J. R. Z., & Hankin, B. L. (in press). Cognitive vulnerability to depression in children and adolescents: A developmental psychopathology perspective. In J. R. Z. Abela & B. L. Hankin (Eds.), Handbook of child and adolescent depression. New York: Guilford.
3. Abela, J. R. Z., & McGirr, A. (in press). Operationalizing "cognitive vulnerability" and "stress" from the perspective of the hopelessness theory: A multi-wave longitudinal study of children of affectively-ill parents. British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
4. Abela J.R.Z., and Payne A.V.L. A test of the integration of the hopelessness and self-esteem theories of depression in schoolchildren. Cognitive Therapy and Research 27I (2003) 519-535
5. Abela J.R.Z., and Sarin S. Cognitive vulnerability to hopelessness depression: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Cognitive Therapy and Research 26 (2002) 811-829
6. Abela J.R.Z., Skitch S.A., Adams P., and Hankin B.L. The timing of parent and child depression: A hopelessness theory perspective. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 35 (2006) 253-263
7. Abramson L.Y., Metalsky G.I., and Alloy L.B. Hopelessness depression: A theory-based subtype of depression. Psychological Review 96 (1989) 358-372
8. Bolger N., and Zuckerman A. A framework for studying personality in the stress process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 69 (1995) 890-902
9. Brozina K., and Abela J.R.Z. Symptoms of hopelessness depression and anxiety in children: Specificity of the hopelessness theory. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 35 (2006) 515-527
10. Coddington R.D. The significance of life events as the etiologic factors in the diseases of children, II: A study of a normal population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 16 (1972) 205-213
11. Conley C.S., Haines B.A., Hilt L.M., and Metalksy G.I. The children's attributional style interview: Developmental tests of cognitive diathesis-stress theories of depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 29 (2001) 445-463
12. Kanner A.D., Feldman S.S., Weinberger D.A., and Ford M.E. Uplifts, hassles, and adaptational outcomes in early adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence 7 (1987) 371-394
13. Kovaks M. Rating scales to assess depression in school children. Acta Paedopsychiatrica 46 (1981) 305-315
14. Lewinsohn P.M., Joiner Jr. T.E., and Rohde P. Evaluation of cognitive diathesis-stress models of depression in predicting major depressive disorder in adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 110 (2001) 203-215
15. Nolen-Hoeksema S., Girgus J.S., and Seligman M.E.P. Predictors and consequences of childhood depressive symptoms: A five-year longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 101 (1992) 405-422
16. Saylor C.F., Finch A.J., Spirito A., and Bennett B. The Children's Depression Inventory: A systematic evaluation of psychometric properties. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 52 (1984) 955-967
17. Seligman M.E.P., Peterson C., Kaslow N.J., Tenenbaum R.L., Alloy L.B., and Abramson L.Y. Attributional style and depressive symptoms among children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 93 (1984) 235-241
18. Snijders T.A.B., and Bosker R.J. Multilevel analysis (1999), Sage Publications, London
19. Spence S.H., Sheffield J., and Donovan C. Problem-solving orientation and attributional style: Moderators of the impact of negative life events on the development of depressives in adolescence?. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 31 (2002) 219-229
20. Turner J.E., and Cole D.A. Developmental differences in cognitive diatheses for child depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 22 (1994) 15-32