Training in Healthy Attribution Habits (Konnikova Study)
Research shows that an individual's habitual attribution style is not fixed and can be modified. Training in healthy attribution habits through deliberate practice has been shown to successfully alter explanatory styles and make people less vulnerable to developing depression (Konnikova, 2015).
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Training in Healthy Attribution Habits (Konnikova Study)