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Interpersonal problem‐solving in depressed students
Author(s) -
Marx Elisabeth M.,
Schulze Christa C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<361::aid-jclp2270470307>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , action (physics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , quantum mechanics , physics
This study investigated whether depressed students suffer from a deficit in interpersonal problem‐solving and attempted to specify the hypothesized deficit using a qualitative analysis of problem‐solving strategies. Twenty depressed students were compared with 20 nondepressed controls with respect to the strategies they developed on a Situation Specific Problem‐Solving Inventory. Results supported the hypothesis of a problem‐solving deficit in depressed students. Although depressed students seemed to have an adequate definition of the problem and the target, they showed a significant lack of action‐oriented strategies.