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Depressive symptoms among 40 fourth- and fifth-grade students as measured by the Children's Depression Inventory, correlated highly with impaired problem solving at block designs (r=.64) and anagrams (r=.67). Similar impairments have been found among depressed adults, suggesting that depression among children may be continuous with depression among adults.
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This research was supported by United States Public Health Service Grant MH-19604 to Martin E. P. Seligman. We thank the students, faculty, and administrators of the participating schools.
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Kaslow, N.J., Tanenbaum, R.L., Abramson, L.Y. et al. Problem-solving deficits and depressive symptoms among children. J Abnorm Child Psychol 11, 497–501 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917078
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