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8408953

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
Research thus far links depressive symptoms in children to one type of control-related belief: low levels of perceived personal competence. However, child research, unlike adult research, has not supported a linkage between depressive symptoms and another theoretically important control-related belief: perceived noncontingency of outcomes. Here we reexamined the issue, adjusting for limitations in previous methodology by using (a) psychometrically stronger measures of control beliefs, and (b) a general population sample rather than children being treated in mental health clinics. In contrast to previous results, we found that both perceived incompetence and perceived noncontingency were strongly related to children's depression, together accounting for 40% of the variance in Child Depression Inventory scores. We also found, as in previous research, that depressive symptoms were correlated with uncertainty as to the causes of outcomes, especially successes. The findings suggest that children may be susceptible to both "personal helplessness" and "universal helplessness" forms of depression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-843X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Control-related beliefs and self-reported depressive symptoms in late childhood.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1563.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.