@article{ref1,
title="Positive attributional style, life events and their effect on children's mood: Prospective study",
journal="Australian journal of psychology",
year="2009",
author="Vines, Louise and Nixon, Reginald D. V.",
volume="61",
number="4",
pages="211-219",
abstract="The present study extended previous research into the role of cognitive style in predicting depressive symptoms in children by examining positive attributional style for positive events in a prospective manner, with a focus on the influence of prior life experience. A non-clinical sample of 102 children (aged 10-12 years) was recruited. Participants completed self-report measures of depression, attributional style, stressful life events, and positive life events on two occasions (approximately 6 months apart). Positive attributional style for positive events moderated the relationship between negative life events and follow-up depressive symptoms. Number of positive events did not significantly moderate the negative life events-depression symptoms relationship although there was a trend in the expected direction. Positive attributional style for positive events appeared to act as both a mediator and moderator in the positive events-depression symptoms relationship. Theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-9530",
doi="10.1080/00049530802579507",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049530802579507"
}