Depressive reactions to failure in a naturalistic setting: A test of the hopelessness and self-esteem theories of depression.

1 January 1993

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Vol. 102 (1) , 101-109
https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.102.1.101

Abstract

We tested the hopelessness and self-esteem theories of depression and an integration of the two by examining whether a stable, global attributional style (attributional diathesis) and low self-esteem interacted with the outcomes students received on a midterm examination to predict their subsequent depressive reactions over the course of 5 days. Students' immediate depressive reactions (on receipt of grades) were predicted solely by the examination outcome, whereas their enduring depressive reactions during the following 4 days were predicted by the Attributional Diathesis x Low Self-Esteem x Failure interaction. The results also indicated that the three-way interaction predicted enduring depressive reactions through the mediating role of hopelessness.

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