Preliminary Results of a Study of Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression

question 108

Multiple Choice

Preliminary results of a study of cognitive vulnerability to depression (Alloy et al.,2000) found that ____ of the students with thought patterns classified as "high risk" for depression subsequently suffered a major depressive episode whereas only ____ of the "low risk" students subsequently experienced a major depressive episode.

• A) 16%; 3%
• B) 25%; 15%
• C) 40%; 5%
• D) 85%; 10%

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