Academic achievement and depressive symptoms: Are fixed mindsets distinct from negative attributional style?

Alatorre, Andrea I.; DePaola, Rosalie V.; Haeffel, Gerald J.

doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2019.101811

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“…The hypotheses and independent variables tested in this short report are unique to this investigation. Alatorre and colleagues [1] and the current study are the only publications that have used this data set.…”

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Teasing Apart the Effect of Depression Specific and Anxiety Specific Symptoms on Academic Outcomes

Gorman

Burke

Rubino

et al. 2020

Клиническая И Специальная Психология

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Research shows that adolescents’ performance in school can be negatively affected by depression and anxiety. However, past studies have used nonspecific measures of depression and anxiety that preclude researchers from understanding their unique effects. The current study addressed this gap in the literature by teasing apart the effects of depression specific and anxiety specific symptoms on end of semester grade point average (GPA) and the likelihood of dropping a course. We used a 3-month longitudinal design with a sample of 130 United States (U.S.) undergraduates. Results showed that only cumulative GPA and ACT score predicted end of semester GPA. However, high levels of anxiety specific (anxious arousal), but not depression specific (anhedonia), symptoms predicted whether or not a student dropped a course. These results suggest that targeting anxiety specific symptoms in schools may be effective in improving academic outcomes.

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“…Participants in this study were from a data set previously published by Alatorre and colleagues [1]. The hypotheses and independent variables tested in this short report are unique to this investigation.…”

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Teasing Apart the Effect of Depression Specific and Anxiety Specific Symptoms on Academic Outcomes

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Burke

Rubino

et al. 2020

Клиническая И Специальная Психология

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“…In several studies, internality, stability, globality, inferred negative consequences, and negative self-implications were combined to assess participants' overall negative cognitive style (i.e., perceiving negative events as being caused by internal, stable, and global factors as well as having negative consequences and selfimplications). A more negative cognitive style was consistently associated with higher depressive symptoms cross-sectionally (e.g., Alatorre et al, 2020;Oliver et al, 2007) and longitudinally (e.g., Haeffel, 2010;Hankin et al, 2004). Furthermore, in most studies, the interaction between negative cognitive style and the number of experienced stressful life events predicted changes in depressive symptoms over time (e.g., Alatorre et al, 2020;Haeffel, 2010): For a more negative cognitive style, there was a stronger positive association between the number of experienced stressful life events and depressive symptoms compared to a more positive cognitive style.…”

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“…A more negative cognitive style was consistently associated with higher depressive symptoms cross-sectionally (e.g., Alatorre et al, 2020;Oliver et al, 2007) and longitudinally (e.g., Haeffel, 2010;Hankin et al, 2004). Furthermore, in most studies, the interaction between negative cognitive style and the number of experienced stressful life events predicted changes in depressive symptoms over time (e.g., Alatorre et al, 2020;Haeffel, 2010): For a more negative cognitive style, there was a stronger positive association between the number of experienced stressful life events and depressive symptoms compared to a more positive cognitive style. Some studies additionally found a statistically significant main effect of a negative cognitive style in predicting changes in depressive symptoms (Haeffel, 2017;Kleiman, 2014).…”

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The Relationship Between the Perception of Major Life Events and Depression in Adulthood: A Systematic Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis

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Würtz²,

Kritzler³

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Major life events can lead to depression in adulthood. However, as predicted by several depression theories (e.g., Hopelessness Theory of Depression), not only the mere occurrence of major life events but also the way people perceive them determines the onset of a depression. In this systematic review, we narratively summarized 276 studies (total N = 89,600) investigating the relationship between the perception of major life events and depression. Cross-sectionally, several perceived event characteristics such as globality, valence, impact, distress, and loss were consistently associated with depression. Furthermore, some perceived event characteristics such as a negative attributional style and event centrality predicted the onset of depression or changes in depressive symptoms over time. However, longitudinal studies on the relationship between perceived event characteristics and depression were scarce. In general, our review supports the relevance of the perceived event characteristics proposed in Hopelessness Theory of Depression (e.g., stability, internality, globality, and their composite scores) and other depression theories. However, further longitudinal research considering a range of different perceived event characteristics, using non-Western heterogeneous samples, and different retest intervals are needed to better understand the association between the perception of major life events and depression.

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“…More recently, children's beliefs/mindsets about the stability of self-concepts such as intelligence and personality received growing attention. Therefore, promising interventions could also target children's mindset, with potential beneficial effects on wellbeing [57,58].…”

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Italian Validation of the Children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire-Revised: Psychometric Properties and Cluster Analysis

Scaini,

Grazioli,

Giani

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There is evidence that the tendency to adopt a particular pattern of causal inference, known as attributional style, is likely to be associated with specific pattern of psychopathology among youth. This study aims to assess preliminary psychometric properties of the Italian Children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire-Revised (CASQ-R) and to explore the presence of any subgroups of children and early adolescents from the general population who might exhibit internally homogeneous and externally heterogeneous attributional styles, through cluster analyses, delving also potential sociodemographic and clinical differences among the identified clusters of attributional styles. A sample of 337 children was recruited and their attributional styles and depressive symptoms were analyzed. Four distinct clusters emerged using the six CASQ-R subscales in a multivariate finite mixture model. In particular, high levels of depressive symptoms were reported by children showing high scores in all the negative attributional subscales (globality, internality and stability) and medium scores in all the positive attributional subscales. Conversely, low levels of depressive symptoms were reported by children showing medium-to-high scores in the positive attributional subscales and low-to-medium scores in the negative attributional subscales. The identified clusters shed light on distinct patterns associated with depressive symptoms, offering potential insights for targeted interventions.

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Academic achievement and depressive symptoms: Are fixed mindsets distinct from negative attributional style?

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

Teasing Apart the Effect of Depression Specific and Anxiety Specific Symptoms on Academic Outcomes

Teasing Apart the Effect of Depression Specific and Anxiety Specific Symptoms on Academic Outcomes

The Relationship Between the Perception of Major Life Events and Depression in Adulthood: A Systematic Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis

Italian Validation of the Children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire-Revised: Psychometric Properties and Cluster Analysis

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