Emergence of attributional style and its relation to depressive symptoms.

Cole, David A.; Ciesla, Jeffrey A.; Dallaire, Danielle H.; Jacquez, Farrah; Pineda, Ashley Q.; LaGrange, Beth; Truss, Alanna E.; Folmer, Amy S.; Tilghman-Osborne, Carlos; Felton, Julia W.

doi:10.1037/0021-843x.117.1.16

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“…Notably, the specificity of attributional style and hopelessness has largely been studied in adults. As maladaptive cognitions are thought to emerge in development (Cole et al 2008;Field & Lester, 2010), it is important to gain a better understanding of disorder-specific and transdiagnostic cognitions in depression and anxiety in young people.…”

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A longitudinal twin and sibling study of the hopelessness theory of depression in adolescence and young adulthood

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Background. Maladaptive cognitive biases such as negative attributional style and hopelessness have been implicated in the development and maintenance of depression. According to the hopelessness theory of depression, hopelessness mediates the association between attributional style and depression. The aetiological processes underpinning this influential theory remain unknown. The current study investigated genetic and environmental influences on hopelessness and its concurrent and longitudinal associations with attributional style and depression across adolescence and emerging adulthood. Furthermore, given high co-morbidity between depression and anxiety, the study investigated whether these maladaptive cognitions constitute transdiagnostic cognitive content common to both internalizing symptoms.Method. A total of 2619 twins/siblings reported attributional style (mean age 15 and 17 years), hopelessness (mean age 17 years), and depression and anxiety symptoms (mean age 17 and 20 years).Results. Partial correlations revealed that attributional style and hopelessness were uniquely associated with depression but not anxiety symptoms. Hopelessness partially mediated the relationship between attributional style and depression. Hopelessness was moderately heritable (A = 0.37, 95% confidence interval 0.28-0.47), with remaining variance accounted for by non-shared environmental influences. Independent pathway models indicated that a set of common genetic influences largely accounted for the association between attributional style, hopelessness and depression symptoms, both concurrently and across development. Conclusions.The results provide novel evidence that associations between attributional style, hopelessness and depression symptoms are largely due to shared genetic liability, suggesting developmentally stable biological pathways underpinning the hopelessness theory of depression. Both attributional style and hopelessness constituted unique cognitive content in depression. The results inform molecular genetics research and cognitive treatment approaches.

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A longitudinal twin and sibling study of the hopelessness theory of depression in adolescence and young adulthood

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“…Nonetheless, as maladaptive schemas are presumed to originate early in life and subsequently create vulnerability for psychological problems, cognitive diatheses must be demonstrable from childhood onwards, albeit in some developing form (Cole et al, 2008;J. E. Turner & Cole, 1994).…”

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Maladaptive Schemas and Psychopathology in Adolescence: On the Utility of Young’s Schema Theory in Youth

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“…Maladaptive schemas are presumed to originate early in life creating, subsequently, vulnerability for psychological problems. However, research on maladaptive schemas in younger populations has lagged far behind that of adult samples [24]. Nonetheless, it is clinically important that therapists develop strategies for changing early maladaptive schemas.…”

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Parental Bonding and Early Maladaptive Schemas

Zafiropoulou

Avagianou²,

SidoraVassiliadou³

2013

J Psychol Abnorm Child

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Objective:Attachment bonds are present throughout one's life and affect interpersonal relationships. Specifically, parent-child relationship is a key factor in the development of personality. Similarly, childhood experiences can lead to configuration and stabilization of cognitive patterns, which play an equally important role in the development and organization of one's personality. The purpose of this study was to examine a) which dimensions of parental behaviour are related to early dysfunctional patterns as reported in the theory of schemas (Young), and b) adolescents' age and gender differences in dysfunctional schemapatterns.Methods: 636 adolescents (11 to 15 years) participated in the study, which completed a questionnaire on basic demographic data, the Schema Questionnaire for Children (SQC) and the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). Results:Results showed that frequency of dysfunctional schemas is affected by dimensions of attachment and that differentiations in dysfunctional schemas are related to adolescent's gender and age. Conclusion:The present study provided evidence that cognitive patterns formed in childhood are associated to different forms of parental attachment which, in turn, define the way of thinking and behaving in childhood and adulthood.

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Emergence of attributional style and its relation to depressive symptoms.

Cited by 162 publications

References 105 publications

A longitudinal twin and sibling study of the hopelessness theory of depression in adolescence and young adulthood

A longitudinal twin and sibling study of the hopelessness theory of depression in adolescence and young adulthood

Maladaptive Schemas and Psychopathology in Adolescence: On the Utility of Young’s Schema Theory in Youth

Parental Bonding and Early Maladaptive Schemas

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