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AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE, REAPPRAISAL, AND DEPRESSION RISK IN ARAB AMERICANS

Najjar, Khadeja
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1529678394305411

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2018, Master of Arts in Psychology, Cleveland State University, College of Sciences and Health Professions.
While depression is a cross-cultural phenomenon, much of the literature that examines risk factors and mechanisms for its occurrence is examined from a Western perspective. As cultural background and level of acculturation to the host culture is known to shape the expression of depressive disorders, as well as their risk factors, this study examined whether cultural factors influence the relationship between two cognitive emotion regulation processes and depression symptoms. Specifically, this study examined whether the relationship between internal, stable, and global causal attributions for negative events (negative attributional style) and depression is mediated by one’s tendency to reframe the meaning of event to alter one’s emotional experience (reappraisal), and whether the effects of negative attributional styles vary as a function of cultural background and level of acculturation. Therefore, the relationships between negative attributional style, reappraisal, and depression may differ between individualistic US culture, and individuals hailing from a collectivistic Arab heritage. Participants (N = 86) completed measures of Arab cultural identity, negative attributional style, reappraisal, and depression symptoms. Mediation and mediated-moderated analyses were used to examine these relationships. While results showed that the effects of negative attributional style on depression was mediated by reappraisal, the direction of the effect was in the opposite direction than hypothesized: negative attributional styles predicted less reappraisal. Cultural background and acculturation levels were unrelated to variables of interest and did not moderate model effects. Findings provide clarification on how emotion regulation efforts may unfold after an initial attribution is made.
Ilya Yaroslavsky, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Shereen Naser, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Goncy, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
49 p.
Psychology
Arab, Arab American, Depression, emotion regulation, reappraisal, attributional style, acculturation

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  • Najjar, K. (2018). AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE, REAPPRAISAL, AND DEPRESSION RISK IN ARAB AMERICANS [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1529678394305411

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Najjar, Khadeja. AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE, REAPPRAISAL, AND DEPRESSION RISK IN ARAB AMERICANS. 2018. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1529678394305411.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Najjar, Khadeja. "AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE, REAPPRAISAL, AND DEPRESSION RISK IN ARAB AMERICANS." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1529678394305411

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