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. 1989 Apr-Jun;31(2):116–121.

A STUDY OF ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE IN DEPRESSION COMPARED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIC AND NORMAL PATIENTS

MM Bhojak 1,, JN Vyas 2, SS Nathawat 3, Devendra Vijayvergia 4
PMCID: PMC2991671  PMID: 21927368

SUMMARY

Seligman and his associates have advocated a particular attributional style in depressive patients. The present study aimsat investigating attributional styles in depressive patients, in comparison to schiziphrcnic and non psychiatric medical patients. A matched sample of 30 depressive, 30 schizophrenic and 30 medical patients was selected from out-door and indoor facilities of psychiatric centre and S. M. S. Hospital, Jaipur. All the patients were administered Seligman's (1981) attributional sytle questionnaire.

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