- Depression and sense of control
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depresorshttp://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/dl
p/understanding-depression/depression-an d-your-sense-of-control/
https://www.webpsychology.com/news/2015/12/14/how-depression-robs-you-your-s ense-control-248181
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2137046?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Defense theory holds that defensive illusions guard well-being. People supposedly are least depressed if they claim responsibility for good outcomes and deny responsibility for bad ones.
Control theory states that active, effective problem solving builds well-being; thus a sense of personal control and responsibility for both success and failure is associated with low levels of depression. Which theory is right?