Interpersonal reactions to a depressed, schizotypal, or normal individual: An attributional perspective

Herr, Peter; Perkins, David V.; Whitley, Bernard E.

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“…Although some studies have not found that rejection was a consequence of depression (King & Heller, 1984; McNeil, Arkowitz, & Pritchard, 1987), others have found support for the hypothesis that depression temporally precedes rejection. Research focusing on college students has shown that a confederate's or stranger's depression predicted a participant's rejection of that person after the participant engaged in a phone conversation (Coyne, 1976a), observed a videotape (Gurtman, 1987; Gurtman, Martin, & Hintzman, 1990; Herr, Perkins, & Whitley, 1990), read a packet of information (Gotlib & Beatty, 1985; Sacco & Dunn, 1990), or engaged in a face-to-face interaction (Elliott, MacNair, Herrick, Yoder, & Byrne, 1991; Marks & Hammen, 1982; Stephens, Hokanson, & Welker, 1987; Strack & Coyne, 1983) with the depressed individual. Two studies have examined this premise in children.…”

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Prospective relations between rejection and depression in young adolescents.

Nolan¹,

Flynn²,

Garber³

2003

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the relations between rejection and depression across 3 years in young adolescents who varied with regard to their risk for depression. The sample consisted of 240 adolescents who were assessed in grades 6, 7, and 8. The assessment of rejection was based on adolescent-, mother-, and teacher-report, and depression assessment was based on adolescent- and mother-report and clinician ratings. Structural equation modeling indicated that rejection prospectively predicted depression. The authors did not find that depression prospectively predicted rejection, but such a relation cannot be ruled out because of strong cross-sectional correlations between depression and rejection.

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Prospective relations between rejection and depression in young adolescents.

Nolan¹,

Flynn²,

Garber³

2003

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

192

144

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“…The CDS‐II was used in this study to measure observer causal attributions following previous researchers (e.g. Abraham, 1987; Boisvert and Faust, 1999; Herr et al , 1990; Royce and Meuhlke, 1991; Iatridis and Fousiani, 2009). Internal consistencies reported for each of the factors ranged from 0.57 to 0.92 and average internal consistencies were reported as follows; personal controllability=0.79, external controllability=0.82, locus of causality=0.67 and stability=0.67 (Boisvert and Faust, 1999; McAuley et al , 1992).…”

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Attributions for youth crime, accountability and legal competence

Pfeffer

Maxwell²,

Briggs³

2012

Journal of Criminal Psychology

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Purpose – The aims of this study are to examine the influence of offender age, offender abuse history,\ud crime outcome and attributions for crime on judgments about young offenders.\ud Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 240 British undergraduates was asked to respond to a scenario about a young person who committed a crime, recommend a sentence, and rate the young offender’s criminal accountability and legal understandings. Their attributions for crime were measured using the CDS-II, adapted for observer attributions. The age of the young offender (ten years, 14 years,or 17 years), abuse history (abused or not abused) and crime outcome (victim death or injury) were varied systematically.\ud Findings – Internal attributions predicted participants’ beliefs about punishment and sentencing recommendations. Although participants considered the youngest offenders to be less criminally accountable and unlikely to understand the legal process, this did not affect recommended punishment. Attributions of personal control were influenced by abuse history; the behavior of offenders with a history\ud of abuse was considered less within the offender’s personal control.\ud Originality/value – The results demonstrate the types of attributions and information that influence the opinions of jury-eligible British adults when asked to make decisions about serious offences committed by young offenders

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“…This led us to adopt the CDS-II to assess observer causal attributions. The authors were aware of only a few studies that examined observer causal attributions using the original CDS (Abraham 1987; Herr et al 1990; Royce and Muehlke 1991). Also, a prominent attribution researcher believed that the CDS-II could be adapted to measure observer causal attributions (B. Weiner, personal communication, November 24, 1993).…”

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Effects of the Label "Schizophrenia" on Causal Attributions of Violence

Boisvert

Faust

1999

Schizophrenia Bulletin

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We investigated the relation between the label of "schizophrenia" and causal attributions of violence. Undergraduates read 1 of 10 scenarios in which two variables were manipulated: a psychiatric label and environmental stress. The scenario described an employee who acted violently toward his boss. Subjects made causal attributions for the employee's behavior by completing an adapted version of the Causal Dimension Scale II. Subjects also completed a questionnaire designed to explore several issues concerning the effects of the schizophrenia label on perceptions of behavior. Contrary to the primary hypothesis, the schizophrenia label did not lead subjects to make significantly more personality causal attributions for violent behavior. With increasing environmental stress, subjects did make significantly fewer personality attributions. A follow-up study using practicing clinicians as subjects yielded similar findings. The results of these studies are discussed in light of perceived stereotypes of persons with schizophrenia and conceptual issues in attribution research.

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Interpersonal reactions to a depressed, schizotypal, or normal individual: An attributional perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

Prospective relations between rejection and depression in young adolescents.

Prospective relations between rejection and depression in young adolescents.

Attributions for youth crime, accountability and legal competence

Effects of the Label "Schizophrenia" on Causal Attributions of Violence

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