02073nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003100118653001500149653001100164653002200175653003200197100001900229245006000248300001200308490000700320520151200327022001401839020001401853       2007                            d  c07/2007bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aNegative explanatory style10aDepression10aHealth10aNegative emotions10aenhancing explanatory style1 aPilar Sanjuán00aExplanatory styles, psychological well-being and health  a203-2140 v133 aThe first goal of the present paper was to carry out a qualitative review of studies regarding negative explanatory style, in other words, the relatively stable tendency of attributing negative outcomes to internal, stable, and global causes. Most investigations have studied its relationship with depression and have come to the conclusion that this style, together with other dysfunctional attitudes, plays a relevant role in the development of depressive symptomatology. Some studies that have analyzed certain attributional styles for positive events seem to suggest they can serve as a protective factor (if positive situations are explained in terms of internal, stable and global causes or enhancing explanatory style) or a vulnerability factor (if they are attributed to external, unstable, and specific causes). Other studies, albeit less numerous, have associated negative explanatory style with negative emotions (anxiety, hostility, negative emotionality) and poor health, and it is suggested that this style can constitute a general vulnerability factor or maladaptive cognitive style with negative consequences in the psychological and physical domain. Finally, there is a need to carry out longitudinal studies that take into consideration certain factors like specific attributions, self-esteem, controllability perception or degree of importance of situations, which have not received enough attention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437