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J P Calicchia

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PubMed1984

Attributional style: degree of depression, respondent's sex, and nature of the attributional event.

Attributional responses made to both good and bad events by male and female Ss (N = 117) differing in degree of clinical depression were examined in light of the reformulated learned helplessness model of depression. Data comparison with control Ss provided support for the model's prediction. Clinically depressed Ss assumed more personal responsibility than control Ss for their life outcomes, especially the negative ones. While significant main effects were demonstrated in the clinical sample for all three variables, the significant two and three-way interaction effects revealed a complex relationship between causal attribution and depression.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1981

Attitudinal comparison of mental health and non-mental health professionals toward ex-mental patients.

Attitudes held by mental health professionals toward ex-mental patients were compared to those held by mental health students and non-mental health professionals on five dimensions. A 3 X 5 unweighted mean analysis of covariance with repeated measures revealed that Ss collectively held a negative attitude toward the ex-mental patient and significant group, dimension, and interaction effects. While the non-mental health professionals showed the most negative attitude, perceiving the ex-mental patient as quite dangerous and very undesirable, both mental health groups also evidenced negative views. Mental health students viewed ex-mental patients as acceptable and worthy but somewhat unpredictable, incomprehensible and ineffectual; professionals considered them to be understandable yet somewhat unpredictable and worthless but, more importantly, as very ineffectual and undesirable.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1975

Alcoholism and alienation.

Dean's alienation scale was administered to comparable samples of alcoholic and normal males and females in groups of 10 to 12. Alcoholics not only evidenced significantly greater overall alienation than normals, but also demonstrated greater specific alienation, namely social isolation, powerlessness and normlessness. Furthermore, the degree of specific alienation reported by alcoholics, but not by normals, differed significantly. Social isolation reflected the greatest amount of alienation, then powerlessness, and normlessness revealed the least. Sex differences were found for the alcoholic sample, but not for the normals in terms of the specific forms of alienation, although not for overall alienation. In each of these instances, males expressed more alienation than females. The meaning of the results was discussed in view of both the etiology and treatment of alcoholism.

Adult↗