An Expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire.

Peterson, Christopher; Villanova, Peter

doi:10.1037/0021-843x.97.1.87

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“…They then rate that event along three 7-point Likert scales according to its internality (7) vs. externality (1), stability (7) vs. instability (1), and globality (7) vs. specificity (1). Each of these dimensions has been shown to possess an acceptable level of internal consistency (.66, .85, and .88, respectively;Peterson & Villanova, 1988). A composite of the stability and globality scores for each of the twelve items was calculated to form the ASQ Generality subscale with higher scores representing a more negative attributional style.…”

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Perceived Family Environment and Symptoms of Emotional Disorders: The Role of Perceived Control, Attributional Style, and Attachment

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Findings from decades of research suggest that a perceived lack of parental care and overprotection are positively related to later symptoms of emotional disorders in children and adolescents. The present study used a crosssectional design to evaluate models investigating reported family environment during childhood, current attachments, control-related cognitions, and current symptoms of emotional disorders in adolescence. It was hypothesized the effect of a perceived controlling and rejecting family environment during childhood would influence current depression and anxiety, and that these effects would be partially accounted for by the quality of current attachments, perceived control, and attributional style. A sample of 234 university students was assessed. Regression analyses of variables, including analyses of indirect effects, were conducted. As predicted, current attachment, perceived control, and attributional style helped to account for relationships between some family variables, and depression and anxiety. Findings are discussed with respect to the interplay of family variables and models of emotional disorders.

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“…Later, an extended version of the ASQ was developed with an internal consistency between 0.80 and 0.90. It was termed Expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire (EASQ) (Peterson and Villanova 1988).…”

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Cognitive-behavioural theories of helplessness/hopelessness: Valid models of depression?

Henkel¹,

Bussfeld²,

Möller³

et al. 2002

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

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Helplessness and hopelessness are central aspects of cognitive-behavioural explanations for the development and persistence of depression. In this article a general overview concerning the evolution of those approaches to depression is provided. Included is a critical examination of the theories. The review of the literature suggests that those cognitive models describing helplessness/hopelessness as trait factors mediating depression do not really have a strong empirical base. The majority of those studies had been conducted in healthy or only mildly depressed subjects. Thus, there seems to be little justification for broad generalisations beyond the populations studied. It seems that some of the reported studies have not tested the underlying theories adequately (e. g. correlation had sometimes been interpreted as causation; adequate prospective longitudinal study designs had seldom been applied). Moreover, the theoretical models are not generally prepared to explain all depressive features (e. g. the possibility of a spontaneous shift in a manic episode). Despite those limitations, there is a relevant impact of the learned helplessness paradigm on preclinical research in neurobiological correlates of depressive states. Last but not least, the models are of high interest with respect to the theoretical background of important modules of cognitive-behavioural therapy and its acute and prophylactic effects.

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“…Ages ranged from 17 to 28 (M = 18.8, SD = 1.4); 93 were Caucasian and 94 had never been married. At initial testing, participants completed a packet that contained eight instruments: Background Information (demographic and historical information); the Typology of Psychic Distress (Mellinger, Balter, Uhlenhuth, Cisin, & Parry, 1978;Mellinger et al, 1983); Levels of Attribution and Change Scale (Norcross et al, 1984(Norcross et al, , 1985; the Stages of Change Questionnaire (McConnaughy, Prochaska, & Velicer, 1983;Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983), specifically, the precontemplation and contemplation scales; the expanded (Peterson & Villanova, 1988) Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Peterson et al, 1982); the Gladding, Lewis, and Adkins (1981;Gladding & Clayton, 1986) scale of religiosity; the Psychological-Mindedness scale of the revised California Psychological Inventory (CPI; Gough, 1987); and the Social Desirability scale of the Personality Research Form (PRF; Jackson, 1976). At subsequent testing, participants recornpleted the LAC Scale at either a 2-week (n = 44) or a 4-week (n = 51) interval.…”

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Concurrent validation of the levels of attribution and change (LAC) scale

Norcross

Magaletta

1990

J. Clin. Psychol.

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This study examined the temporal reliability and concurrent validity of the LAC Scale, a multidimensional measure of the loci of causal attributions, in a sample of 95 college students. Test‐retest coefficients for the 10 subscales averaged.78 for a 2‐week interval and.70 for 4 weeks. Six of seven hypotheses related to concurrent validity were supported empirically, including predicted interrelations between the LAC and social desirability, distress severity, psychological‐mindedness scores, and the expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire. It is concluded that the LAC Scale is an internally and temporally reliable instrument that possesses concurrent validity and that measures attributional dimensions largely independent of the ASQ.

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An Expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire.

Cited by 228 publications

References 11 publications

Perceived Family Environment and Symptoms of Emotional Disorders: The Role of Perceived Control, Attributional Style, and Attachment

Perceived Family Environment and Symptoms of Emotional Disorders: The Role of Perceived Control, Attributional Style, and Attachment

Cognitive-behavioural theories of helplessness/hopelessness: Valid models of depression?

Concurrent validation of the levels of attribution and change (LAC) scale

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