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Peer reviewedBrightman, Baird K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
Forty 17- to 18-year-old subjects scoring above or below a sample median on the Beck Depression Inventory participated in a controlled study to assess their reactions to solvable and unsolvable problems with and without the interference of noise. Under helpless and nonhelpless conditions, depressive symptomatology affected problem-solving ability,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness
