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Cognitive theories of depression viewed from a diathesis-stress perspective: Evaluations of the models of Beck and of Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale

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Robins, CJ; Block, P
Published in: Cognitive Therapy and Research
August 1, 1989

Research on cognitive models of depression has frequently neglected either the relations between different levels of cognitive-personality variables, the interaction of person and event factors, or both. We evaluated the utility of multivariate, interactional representations of the models of Beck, and of Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale, for predicting depressive symptoms in a sample of 83 undergraduates. Beck's model was able to account for an estimated 32% of population variance in depressive symptoms, and the reformulated helplessness model for 19% In both cases, these figures are higher than those found in studies that represented the models more simply. Although depressive symptoms were associated with both person and event variables, the hypothesized person-event interaction effects were not found. The strongest correlates of depressive symptoms were perceptions of upsetting real events. Some of these event perceptions were, in turn, associated with the frequency of negative events, suggesting a need for cognitive theories of depression to incorporate a greater emphasis on the objective role of life events. © 1989 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

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Cognitive Therapy and Research

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1573-2819

ISSN

0147-5916

Publication Date

August 1, 1989

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

297 / 313

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Robins, C. J., & Block, P. (1989). Cognitive theories of depression viewed from a diathesis-stress perspective: Evaluations of the models of Beck and of Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 13(4), 297–313. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173475
Robins, C. J., and P. Block. “Cognitive theories of depression viewed from a diathesis-stress perspective: Evaluations of the models of Beck and of Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale.” Cognitive Therapy and Research 13, no. 4 (August 1, 1989): 297–313. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173475.
Robins, C. J., and P. Block. “Cognitive theories of depression viewed from a diathesis-stress perspective: Evaluations of the models of Beck and of Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale.” Cognitive Therapy and Research, vol. 13, no. 4, Aug. 1989, pp. 297–313. Scopus, doi:10.1007/BF01173475.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cognitive Therapy and Research

DOI

EISSN

1573-2819

ISSN

0147-5916

Publication Date

August 1, 1989

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

297 / 313

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology