Control-Related Cognitions and Depression Among Inpatient Children and Adolescents

John R Weisz; Jane Stevens; John Curry; Robert Cohen; W Edward Craighead; William V Burlingame; Angela Smith; Bahr Weiss; Dean Parmelee

doi:10.1097/00004583-198905000-00009

Control-Related Cognitions and Depression Among Inpatient Children and Adolescents

John R Weisz, Jane Stevens, John Curry, Robert Cohen, W Edward Craighead, William V Burlingame, Angela Smith, Bahr Weiss, Dean Parmelee

Wright State University

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Abstract

183 inpatient children and adolescents from 3 separate psychiatric hospitals completed the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) plus measures of control-related beliefs. In all 3 samples, the findings resembled those of previous studies: CDI scores were significantly related to low perceived competence and to contingency uncertainty; by contrast, CDI scores were only weakly related to perceived noncontingency. Findings suggest that depressive symptoms in children may be (1) more closely linked to 'personal helplessness' than to 'universal helplessness' and (2) more closely linked to uncertainty about the causes of events than to firm beliefs in noncontingency.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume	28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-198905000-00009
State	Published - May 1 1989

Keywords

8-18 Year Old Psychiatric Inpatients
Adolescent
Child
Cognitions
Control Related Beliefs & Depressive Symptoms
Depressive Disorder
Female
Hospital
Hospitalized Patients
Humans
Internal External Locus of Control
Internal-External Control
Major Depression
Male
Manuals as Topic
Psychiatric Department
Psychiatric Patients
Psychological Tests

Disciplines

Pediatrics
Medical Education
Medicine and Health Sciences

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