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Developmental and symptom specificity of hopelessness, cognitive errors, and attributional bias among clinic-referred youth

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The present study examined the unique and interactive relationships between age and indices of psychopathology (i.e., anxiety, aggression, and depression), with three types of maladaptive cognitions: hopelessness, negative cognitive errors, and attributional bias. Some negative cognitions were not unique to depression and were associated with broader psychopathology. Developmental considerations also influenced some negative cognitions or qualified the association between negative cognitions and depression.

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    Deborah Anderson PhD

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Ostrander, R., Nay, W.R., Anderson, D. et al. Developmental and symptom specificity of hopelessness, cognitive errors, and attributional bias among clinic-referred youth. Child Psych Hum Dev 26, 97–112 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353234

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