31 depressed, 26 nondepressed participants completed measures reflecting putative cognitive and psychodynamic characteristics of self-reported depression. Of the 16 variables 9 discriminated the groups in the expected direction. Ten characteristics correlated significantly with scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, 4 reflecting negative automatic drinking, two of which (Negative Self-concepts and Expectations, Low Self-esteem) were important predictors of severity of depression.
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