TY - JOUR
T1 - Attributional style in relation to self-esteem and depression
T2 - Mediational and interactive models
AU - Pillow, David R.
AU - West, Stephen
AU - Reich, John W.
PY - 1991/3
Y1 - 1991/3
N2 - In their original statement of the reformulated model of learned helplessness, Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale (1978) argued that internality is related to depression through self-esteem, whereas stability and globality only have direct relationships with depression. A test of this model using path analysis (N = 289) provided support for the predicted indirect relationship between internality and depression. However, contrary to the model, globality was significantly related to self-esteem, and the relation between stability and depression was not significant. Several models proposing interactions between the attributional style dimensions were also tested; none of the interactions tested attained statistical significance. The methodological and conceptual implications of these findings for the reformulated model of learned helplessness are discussed.
AB - In their original statement of the reformulated model of learned helplessness, Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale (1978) argued that internality is related to depression through self-esteem, whereas stability and globality only have direct relationships with depression. A test of this model using path analysis (N = 289) provided support for the predicted indirect relationship between internality and depression. However, contrary to the model, globality was significantly related to self-esteem, and the relation between stability and depression was not significant. Several models proposing interactions between the attributional style dimensions were also tested; none of the interactions tested attained statistical significance. The methodological and conceptual implications of these findings for the reformulated model of learned helplessness are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0092-6566(91)90005-B
DO - 10.1016/0092-6566(91)90005-B
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026024446
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 25
SP - 57
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 1
ER -