Tracy A, Bauwens F, Martin F, Pardoen D, Mendlewicz J
Department of Psychiatry, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Belgium.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1992 Feb;31(1):83-4. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1992.tb00970.x.
Attributional style was investigated in remitted affective disorder patients (23 unipolars and 26 bipolars) and 26 non-psychiatric controls. We found a specific cognitive vulnerability in unipolars. Unipolars attributed negative events to causes that were more stable--but not more internal nor more global--than bipolars and controls, and did not attach more importance to these events. Attributional vulnerability seemed more apparent in patients with longer histories of depression.