Marx E M, Schulze C C
University of Oxford.
J Clin Psychol. 1991 May;47(3):361-70. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<361::aid-jclp2270470307>3.0.co;2-l.
This study investigated whether depressed students suffer from a deficit in interpersonal problem-solving and attempted to specify the hypothesized deficit using a qualitative analysis of problem-solving strategies. Twenty depressed students were compared with 20 nondepressed controls with respect to the strategies they developed on a Situation Specific Problem-Solving Inventory. Results supported the hypothesis of a problem-solving deficit in depressed students. Although depressed students seemed to have an adequate definition of the problem and the target, they showed a significant lack of action-oriented strategies.