| Abstract: | 24 depressed and 24 nondepressed undergraduates (Beck Depression Inventory) placed bets on a dice game. The throwing of the dice was either under player-control or croupier-control conditions. As predicted, depressed Ss were more confident of success in the croupier-control condition, and nondepressed Ss were more confident of success in the player-control condition. Results support the view that depressed Ss are characterized by a sense of personal incompetence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
