Certain attributional styles can contribute to helplessness and hopelessness and hence to depression.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

True

Rationale: Correct. Certain attributional styles can contribute to helplessness and hopelessness and hence to depression. A tendency to blame oneself (an internal attribution) or others (an external attribution) is called a child's attributional style. See 13-5: Social and Emotional ProblemsSocial and Emotional Problems