title: Interpersonal problem-solving in depressed students.
abstract: This study investigated whether depressed students suffer from a deficit in interpersonal problem-solving and attempted to specify the hypothesized deficit using a qualitative analysis of problem-solving strategies. Twenty depressed students were compared with 20 nondepressed controls with respect to the strategies they developed on a Situation Specific Problem-Solving Inventory. Results supported the hypothesis of a problem-solving deficit in depressed students. Although depressed students seemed to have an adequate definition of the problem and the target, they showed a significant lack of action-oriented strategies.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Schulze
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011340:Problem Solving; D012917:Social Adjustment