In the Featured Study,Lauren Alloy and Her Colleagues Investigated the Link

question 303

Multiple Choice

In the Featured Study,Lauren Alloy and her colleagues investigated the link between negative thinking and vulnerability to depression.Their study involved a group of first-year college students who had no prior history of depression.Over a 2.5-year period,they found that ____ of those students with a negative cognitive style developed a MAJOR depressive disorder,compared to ____ of those students who did not have a negative cognitive style.

• A) 98 percent; 16 percent
• B) 12 percent; 33 percent
• C) 23 percent; 12 percent
• D) 17 percent; 1 percent

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