When something bad happens to a person prone to depression, he or she is likely to explain it using external, unstable, specific attributions.

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Individuals prone to depression are more likely to explain negative events using internal (blaming themselves), stable (believing the cause of the event will not change), and global (believing the event affects many areas of their life) attributions, rather than external, unstable, and specific ones.

When Something Bad Happens to a Person Prone to Depression