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The authors examined the relationship between the cognitive components
of the Beckian and Hopelessness models of depression by administering
measures of dysfunctional attitudes, attributional style, and life st
ress to a sample of 59 depressed adults. Confirmatory factor analyses
indicated that dysfunctional attitudes and attributional style load on
separate factors as opposed to a single factor Additional analyses re
vealed that depressed persons conforming to diathesis-stress criteria
according to each model were largely independent of one another. Resul
ts supported the conclusion that the Beckian and Hopelessness models o
f depression describe distinct cognitive constructs and refer to disti
nct subsets of depressed persons.