Attributional Style Research (Adults)
This page has a listing of Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman’s books and other publications on the topic of Attributional Style for adults. This page also has numerous links, including:
- Links to Article Abstracts
- Links to Book Publishers
- Links to Scientific Journals
If you would like to see a complete listing of Dr. Seligman’s publications, please see his Curriculum Vitae. The letters and numbers preceding the publications below correspond to those in the Vitae.
BOOKS
Seligman, M.E.P. (1990). Learned Optimism. New York: Knopf.
Paperback Edition: Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), 1991
Audio Edition: Simon & Schuster, 1991
Buchanan, G. and Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.). (1995). Explanatory Style. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.
SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Abramson, L.Y., Seligman, M.E.P., and Teasdale, I. (1978). Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 49-59.
Abramson, L.Y., Garber, J., Edwards, N., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1978). Expectancy changes in depression and schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 165-179.
Seligman, M.E.P., Abramson, L.Y., Semmel, A., and von Baeyer, C. (1979). Depressive attributional style. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88, 242-247.
Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). A learned helplessness point of view. In L. Rehm (Ed.), Behavior Therapy for Depression. New York: Academic Press, 123-142.
Abramson, L.Y., Garber, J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). Learned helplessness in humans: An attributional analysis. In J. Garber and M.E.P. Seligman (Eds.), Human Helplessness. New York: Academic Press, 3-35.
Miller, S.M. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). The reformulated model of helplessness and depression: Evidence and theory. In R. Neufeld (Ed.), Psychological Stress and Psychopathology. New York: McGraw-Hill. 149-178.
Peterson, C., Schwartz, S.M., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1981). Self-blame and depressive symptoms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 253-259.
Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1981). Helplessness and attributional style in depression: Parts I and II. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykoilogforening, 18, 3-18, and 53-59.
Peterson, C., Semmel, A., von Baeyer, C., Abramson, L.T., Metalsky, G.I., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1982). The Attributional Style Questionnaire. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 6, 287-300.
Raps, C.S., Peterson, C., Reinhard, K.E., Abramson, L.Y., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1982). Attributional style among depressed patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 91, 102-103.
Metalsky, G.I., Abramson, L.Y., Seligman, M.E.P., Semmel, A., and Peterson, C. (1982). Attributional styles and life events in the classroom: Vulnerability and invulnerability to depressive mood reactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 612-617.
Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence. Psychological Review, 91, 347-374.
Alloy, L.B., Peterson, C., Abramson, L.Y., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Attributional style and the generality of learned helplessness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 681-687.
Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Hilflosigkeit, Attributionsstil, und Depression. In F.E. Weinert and Rainer H. Kluwe (Eds.), Metakognition, Motivation, und Lernen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 164-191.
Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1985). The learned helplessness model of depression: Current status of theory and research. In E.E. Beckman and W.R. Leber (Eds.), Handbook of depression: Treatment, assessment and research. Homewood, IL: Dorsey, 914-939.
Seligman, M.E.P. and Schulman, P. (1986). Explanatory style as a predictor of productivity and quitting among life insurance agents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 832-838.
Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). Explanatory style and illness. Journal of Personality, 55, 237-265.
Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). Predicting depression, poor health and presidential elections. Science and Public Policy Seminar sponsored by the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Washington, D.C., February.
Seligman, M.E.P. and Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1987). Explanatory style and depression. In D. Magnusson and A. Ohman, (Eds.), Psychopathology: An Interactional Perspective. New York: Academic Press, 125-139.
Schulman, P., Seligman, M.E.P., and Amsterdam, D. (1987). The attributional style questionnaire is not transparent. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 25, 391-395.
Kamen, L. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). Explanatory style and health. In M. Johnston and T. Marteau (Eds.), Current psychological research and reviews: Special issue on health psychology, 6, 207-218.
Seligman, M.E.P., Castellon, C., Cacciola, J., Schulman, P., Luborsky, L., Ollove, M., and Downing, R. (1988). Explanatory style change during cognitive therapy for unipolar depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 1-6.
Seligman, M.E.P., Kamen, L.P., and Nolen‑Hoeksema, S. (1988). Explanatory style across the life-span: Achievement and health. In E.M. Hetherington, R.M. Lerner and M. Perlmutter (Eds.), Child Development in Life-Span Perspective, Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 91-114.
Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Explanatory style: Predicting depression, achievement, and health. In M.D. Yapko (Ed.), Brief Therapy Approaches to Treating Anxiety and Depression. N.Y., N.Y.: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., 5-32.
Schulman, P., Castellon, C., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Assessing explanatory style: The Content Analysis of Verbatim Explanations and the Attributional Style Questionnaire. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27, 505-512.
Seligman, M.E.P., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Thornton, N., and Thornton, K.M. (1990). Explanatory style as a mechanism of disappointing athletic performance. Psychological Science, 1, 143-146.
Burns, M.O. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1991). Explanatory style, helplessness, and depression. In C.R. Snyder and D.R. Forsyths (Eds.), Handbook of Social and Clinical Psychology. New York: Pergamon Press, 267-284.
Sethi, S. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1993). Optimism and fundamentalism. Psychological Science, 4, 256-259.
Schulman, P., Keith, D., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1993). Is optimism heritable? A study of twins. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31, 569-574.
Satterfield, J.M. and Seligman, M.E.P., (1994). Military aggression and risk predicted by explanatory style. Psychological Science, 5, 77-82.
Haaga, D.A.F., Ahrens, A.H., Schulman, P., Seligman, M.E.P., DeRubeis, R.J. and Minarik, M.L. (1995). Metatraits and cognitive assessment: Application to attributional style and depressive symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 121-142.
Lee, Y.T. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1997). Are Americans more optimistic than Chinese? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 32-40.
Satterfield, J.M., Monahan, J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1997). Law school performance predicted by explanatory style. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 15, 1-11.
Gillham, J.E., Shatte, A.J., Reivich, K.J., & Seligman, M.E.P. (1998). Optimism, pessimism, and explanatory style. In E.C. Chang (Ed.) Optimism and pessimism. Washington, D.C.: APA Press.