The Effects Of The Passage Of Time Within The Learned Helplessness Paradigm And Depression

Ninety-six subjects were administered the Beck Depression Inventory and on the basis of their scores, assigned to depressed or nondepressed groups. A block randomization procedure was used to assign subjects to time and treatment groups. There were 8 blocks. Each block was divided into a depressed and nondepressed section, with each section containing six randomly ordered treatment conditions.