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  • Title: Cognitions and stress: direct and moderating effects on depressive versus externalizing symptoms during the junior high school transition.
    Author: Robinson NS, Garber J, Hilsman R.
    Journal: J Abnorm Psychol; 1995 Aug; 104(3):453-63. PubMed ID: 7673569.
    Abstract:
    This study examined direct and stress-moderating effects of attributional style and global self-worth on depressive and externalizing symptoms in adolescents. Attributional style, perceived self-worth, depressive symptoms, and externalizing behaviors were assessed in 371 students in the spring of 6th grade. After the transition to 7th grade, they again completed measures of depression and externalizing symptoms as well as measures of negative life events and school hassles. Stressors around the transition predicted both depressive and externalizing behaviors. Perceived self-worth predicted depressive symptoms, but not externalizing behaviors. Attributional style directly and in interaction with stressors predicted depressive symptoms and did not predict externalizing behavior. A 3-way interaction between stress, attributional style, and self-worth suggested that level of perceived self-worth may moderate the effects of attributional style in times of stress.
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