School of Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, USA.
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Dec;55(6):1463-1474. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01511-2. Epub 2023 Feb 22.
This study added to understanding of the recovery model of depression in adolescents by testing whether hope mediates the link between enhancing attributional style (EAS) and depression using two independent samples. Study 1 used cross-sectional data from 378 students (51% female) in fifth through seventh grade students. Study 2 used data from 546 (50% female) seventh and eighth grade students at two time points: January and May within the same year. Cross-sectional analyses indicated that EAS indirectly predicted depression. Cross-sectional and prospective analyses indicated that stable attributions, in particular, were associated with lower levels of depression through higher levels of hope. Notably, contrary to expectations, global attributions consistently predicted higher levels of depression. Results suggest that hope mediates the association between attributional stability for positive events and reductions in depression over time. The importance of investigating attributional dimensions is emphasized as implications and future research directions are discussed.
这项研究通过使用两个独立样本，测试希望是否在增强归因风格（EAS）与抑郁之间的联系中起中介作用，从而进一步了解青少年抑郁的恢复模式。研究 1 使用了来自五年级至七年级的 378 名学生（51%为女性）的横断面数据。研究 2 使用了来自同一学年 1 月和 5 月两个时间点的 546 名（50%为女性）七年级和八年级学生的数据。横断面分析表明，EAS 间接地预测了抑郁。横断面和前瞻性分析表明，稳定的归因，特别是通过更高的希望，与较低水平的抑郁相关。值得注意的是，与预期相反，整体归因始终预测了更高水平的抑郁。研究结果表明，希望在积极事件归因的稳定性与随时间减少抑郁之间起中介作用。强调了研究归因维度的重要性，并讨论了其意义和未来的研究方向。
