Tulane University and Southeast Louisiana Veterans HealthCare System.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2011 Feb;120(1):168-73. doi: 10.1037/a0021899.
Attributional style is hypothesized to be a causative factor in depression vulnerability; however, no studies to date have examined whether manipulation of attributional style influences depressed mood. The purpose of this study was to determine whether computer-based cognitive bias modification (CBM) procedures could modify attributional style and influence stress vulnerability. Participants were provided with multiple training trials that were intended to promote the use of either a positive or a negative attributional style. Compared with individuals in the negative attributional style condition, individuals in the positive attributional style condition showed decreased tendency to make self-deficient causal attributions for poor performance on a difficult anagram test. Furthermore, individuals in the positive attributional style condition reported less depressed mood in response to this academic stressor. These results suggest that attributional style is not invariable and can potentially be modified with CBM approaches.
归因风格被假设为抑郁易感性的一个原因；然而，迄今为止尚无研究检验归因风格的改变是否会影响抑郁情绪。本研究的目的是确定基于计算机的认知偏差修正（CBM）程序是否可以改变归因风格并影响压力易感性。参与者接受了多次训练试验，旨在促进使用积极或消极的归因风格。与消极归因风格条件下的个体相比，积极归因风格条件下的个体在困难的字谜测试中表现不佳时，做出自我缺陷性因果归因的倾向降低。此外，积极归因风格条件下的个体在应对这种学术压力源时报告的抑郁情绪较少。这些结果表明，归因风格不是不变的，并且可以通过 CBM 方法进行潜在的改变。
