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depressive realism: a standalone construct

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depressiverealism1 CONSTRUCTDepressive realismALLOY · CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Clinical psychology

the finding that mildly depressed people judge their control over outcomes more accurately than nondepressed people, who overestimate it.

In clinical psychology, depressive realism refers to the finding that mildly depressed people judge their control over outcomes more accurately than nondepressed people, who overestimate it. This meaning comes from Alloy (1979) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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  1. Alloy, L. B., & Abramson, L. Y. (1979). Judgment of contingency in depressed and nondepressed students: Sadder but wiser? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 108(4), 441-485. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.108.4.441

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