Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence.

Peterson, Christopher; Seligman, Martin E.

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Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence.

Peterson, Christopher, Seligman, Martin E.·1984·Psychological Review

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Depressed mood and narrowed, pessimistic thinking influence one another reciprocally, over time leading to ever-worsening moods and even clinical levels of depression.
“The cognitive literature on depression has already documented a downward spiral in which depressed mood and the narrowed, pessimistic thinking it engenders influence one another reciprocally, over time leading to ever-worsening moods and even clinical levels of depression (Peterson & Seligman, 1984).”
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Authors: Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E.
Venue: Psychological Review
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1984
Volume: 91
Issue: 3
Pages: 347-374
ISSN: 1939-1471
0033-295X
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295x.91.3.347
Cited by: 957
References: 10
Language: en

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