Jane has recently managed to earn a spot on her highly competitive high-school basketball team. Despite her innate basketball skills, research on psychological disorders suggests that if Jane is depressed, she will attribute her success to _________.

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Depressed individuals tend to attribute their successes to external factors rather than their own abilities or efforts. This is part of a broader pattern of negative thinking and low self-esteem often observed in depression, where individuals may not recognize or acknowledge their own role in their achievements.

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