Sex Roles

, Volume 24, Issue 11–12, pp 753–758 | Cite as

Testing for sex differences in the relationship between attributional style and depression

  • Bernard E. WhitleyJr.
  • Steven T. Michael
  • Geoffrey Tremont
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Abstract

Two potential limitations of research on the attributional model of depression lie in relatively untested assumptions concerning the lack of sex differences in the attributional style-depression relationship and the linearity of the relationship across levels of depression. We tested these assumptions, finding no sex differences and an essentially linear relationship. Implications of these results for research on the attributional model of depression are discussed.

Keywords

Depression Linear Relationship Social Psychology Attributional Style Untested Assumption 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1991

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bernard E. WhitleyJr.
    • 1
  • Steven T. Michael
    • 1
  • Geoffrey Tremont
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Psychological ScienceBall State UniversityMuncie

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