A study of people who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina hypothesized that "greater amounts of television viewing (about the hurricane) would predict greater levels of depression" (McLeish & Del Ben, 2008). In this study, the dependent variable is best described as ______.

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The dependent variable in this study is the level of depression experienced by the participants who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina. It is the variable that is expected to be influenced or affected by the amount of television viewing (the independent variable).

A Study of People Who Lost Their Homes in Hurricane