Publications By Gerald Metalsky
**indicates LU student as co-author

Gerald MetalskyWith LU Students:

Conley, C. S.**, Haines, B. A., Hilt, L. M.**, & Metalsky, G. I. (2001).  The Children’s Attributional Style Interview:  Developmental tests of cognitive diathesis-stress theories of depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 445-463.

Haines, B. A., Metalsky, G. I., Cardamone, A. L.**, & Joiner, T. E. (1999).  Interpersonal and cognitive pathways into the origins of attributional style:  A developmental perspective.  In T. E. Joiner and J. C. Coyne (Eds.), The Interactional Nature of Depression: Advances in Interpersonal Approaches.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Metalsky, G. I., Laird, R. S., Heck, P. M.**, & Joiner, T. E. (1995).  Attribution theory:  Clinical applications.  In W. O'Donohue & L. Krasner (Eds.), Theories of behavior therapy: Exploring behavior change (pp. 385-413).  Washington, D.C.:  American Psychological Association.

Publications:

Abramson, L. Y., Alloy, L. B., & Metalsky, G. I. (1995).  Hopelessness depression.  In G. Buchanan & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.), Explanatory Style (pp. 113-134).  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Abramson, L. Y., Alloy, L. B., & Metalsky, G. I. (1990).  Hopelessness depression: An empirical search for a theory-based subtype.  In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), Contemporary psychological approaches to depression:  Theory, research, and treatment (pp. 37-58).  New York:  Plenum.

Abramson, L. Y., Alloy, L. B., & Metalsky, G. I. (1988).  The cognitive diathesis-stress theories of depression:  Toward an adequate evaluation of the theories' validities.  In L. B. Alloy (Ed.), Cognitive processes in depression (pp. 3-30).  New York:  Guilford.

Abramson, L. Y., Alloy, L. B., & Metalsky, G. I. (1990).  The hopelessness theory of depression:  Current status and future directions.  In N. L. Stein, B. Leventhal, & T. Trabasso (Eds.), Psychological and biological approaches to emotion  (pp. 333-358).   Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Abramson, L. Y., Alloy, L. B., Metalsky, G. I., Joiner, T. E., & Sandin, B.  (1997).  Teoria de la depresion por desesperanza:  Aportaciones Recientes (Hopelessness theory of depression:  Recent Research).  Revista de Psicopatologia y Psicologia Clinica, 2, 211-222.

Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., & Alloy, L. B. (1993).  Hopelessness.  In C. G. Costello (Ed.), Symptoms of depression (pp. 181-205).   New York:  Wiley. 

Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., & Alloy, L. B. (1989).  Hopelessness depression:  A theory-based subtype of depression.  Psychological Review, 96, 358-372.

Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., & Alloy, L. B.  (1988).  The hopelessness theory of depression:  Does the research test the theory?  In L. Y. Abramson (Ed.), Social cognition and clinical psychology:  A synthesis (pp. 33-65).  New York:  Guilford.

Alfano, M. S., Joiner, T. E., Perry, M., & Metalsky, G. I. (1994).  Attributional style: A mediator of the shyness-depression relationship?  Journal of Research in Personality, 28, 287-300.

Alloy, L. B., Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., & Hartlage, S.  (1988).  The hopelessness theory of depression:  Attributional aspects.  British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 27, 5-21.

Coyne, J. C., Metalsky, G. I., & Lavelle, T. L.  (1980).  Learned helplessness as experimenter-induced failure and its alleviation with attentional redeployment.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 89, 350-357. 

Haack, L. J., Metalsky, G. I., Dykman, B. M., & Abramson, L. Y. (1996).  Use of current situational information and causal inference:  Do dysphoric individuals make "unwarranted" causal inferences?  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 20, 309-331.

Halberstadt, L. J., Andrews, D. A., Metalsky, G. I., & Abramson, L. Y. (1984).  Helplessness, hopelessness, and depression:  A review of progress and future directions.  In N. S. Endler & J. M. Hunt (Eds.), Personality and the behavioral disorders (2nd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 373-411).  New York:  Wiley.

Johnson, J. G., Alloy, L. B., Panzarella, C., Metalsky, G. I., Rabkin, J. G., Williams, J. B. W., & Abramson, L. Y. (2001).  Hopelessness as a mediator of the association between social support and depressive symptoms: Findings of a study of men with HIV.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 1056-1060.

Joiner, T. E., Alfano, M. S., & Metalsky, G. I. (1993).  Caught in the crossfire:  Depression, self-consistency, self-enhancement, and the response of others.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 12, 113-134.

Joiner, T. E., Alfano, M. S., & Metalsky, G. I. (1992).  When depression breeds contempt:  Reassurance seeking, self-esteem, and rejection of depressed college students by their roommates.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101, 165-173.

Joiner, T. E., & Metalsky, G. I. (1995).  A prospective test of an integrative interpersonal theory of depression:  A naturalistic study of college roommates.   Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 778-788.

Joiner, T. E., & Metalsky, G. I. (1999).  Factorial construct validity of the Extended Attributional Style Questionnaire.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 105-114.

Joiner, T. E., & Metalsky, G. I. (in press).  Una examinacion de una teoria integrativa interpersonal de depresion:  Una investigacion de companeros de cuarto de una universidad.  Psiquis.  [Translation of "A prospective test of an integrative interpersonal theory of depression:  A naturalistic study of college roommates," published originally in English in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology].

Joiner, T.E., Metalsky, G. I., Gencoz, F., & Gencoz, T. (2001).  The relative specificity of excessive reassurance-seeking to depressive symptoms and diagnoses among clinical samples of adults and youth.  Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 23, 35-41.

Joiner, T. E., Metalsky, G. I., Katz, J., & Beach, S.R.H. (1999).  Depression and excessive reassurance-seeking.  Psychological Inquiry, 10, 269-278.

Joiner, T. E., Metalsky, G. I., Katz, J., & Beach, S.R.H. (1999).  Be re(assured): Excessive reassurance-seeking has (at least) some explanatory power regarding depression.  Psychological Inquiry, 10, 305-308.

Joiner, T. E., Metalsky, G. I., Lew, A., & Klocek, J. (1999).  Testing the causal mediation component of Beck's theory of depression:  Evidence for specific mediation.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 401-412.

Joiner, T. E., Metalsky, G. I., & Wonderlich, S. (1995).  Bulimic symptoms and the development of depressive symptoms:  The moderating role of attributional style.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 651-666.

Joiner, T. E., Schmidt, K. L., & Metalsky, G. I. (1994).  Low-end specificity of the Beck Depression Inventory.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 18, 55-68.

Joiner, T. E., Steer, R. A., Abramson, L. Y., Alloy, L. B., Metalsky, G. I., & Schmidt, N. B. (2001).  Hopelessness depression as a distinct dimension of depressive symptoms among clinical and non-clinical samples.  Behaviour Therapy and Research, 39, 523-536.

Joiner, T. E., Wonderlich, S. A., Metalsky, G. I., & Schmidt, N. B. (1995).  Body dissatisfaction:  A feature of bulimia, depression, or both?  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 14, 339-355.

Lavelle, T. L., Metalsky, G. I., & Coyne, J. C. (1979).  Learned helplessness, test anxiety, and acknowledgment of contingencies.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88, 381-387.

Metalsky, G. I., & Abramson, L. Y. (1981).  Attributional styles:  Toward a framework for conceptualization and assessment.  In P. C. Kendall & S. D. Hollon (Eds.), Assessment strategies for cognitive-behavioral interventions (pp. 13-58).  New York:  Academic Press.

Metalsky, G. I., & Abramson, L. Y. (1994).  The Cognitive Style Questionnaire.  Health and Psychosocial Instruments Record.  Pittsburgh, PA:  Behavioral Measurement Database Services (Producer).  McLean, VA:  BRS Search Service (Vendor).

Metalsky, G. I., & Abramson, L. Y. (1994).  The Extended Attributional Style Questionnaire.  Health and Psychosocial Instruments Record.  Pittsburgh, PA:  Behavioral Measurement Database Services (Producer).  McLean, VA:  BRS Search Service (Vendor).

Metalsky, G. I., & Abramson, L. Y. (1994).  The Extended Self-Esteem Questionnaire.  Health and Psychosocial Instruments Record.  Pittsburgh, PA:  Behavioral Measurement Database Services (Producer).  McLean, VA:  BRS Search Service (Vendor).

Metalsky, G. I., Abramson, L. Y., Seligman, M. E. P., Semmel, A., & Peterson, C. R. (1982).  Attributional styles and life events in the classroom:  Vulnerability and  invulnerability to depressive mood reactions.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 612-617.

Metalsky, G. I., Halberstadt, L. J., & Abramson, L. Y. (1987).  Vulnerability to depressive mood reactions:  Toward a more powerful test of the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components of the reformulated theory of depression.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 386-393.

Metalsky, G. I., & Joiner, T. E. (1997).  The Hopelessness Depression Symptom Questionnaire.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 21, 359-384.

Metalsky, G. I., & Joiner, T. E. (1992).  Vulnerability to depressive symptomatology:  A prospective test of the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components of the hopelessness theory of depression.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 667-675.

Metalsky, G. I., Joiner, T. E., Hardin, T. S., & Abramson, L. Y. (1993).  Depressive reactions to failure in a naturalistic setting:  A test of the hopelessness and self-esteem theories of depression.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 101-109.

Metalsky, G. I., Joiner, T. E., Wonderlich, S. A., Beatty, W. W., Staton, R. D., & Blalock, J. A.  (1997).  When will bulimics be depressed and when not?  The moderating role of attributional style.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 21, 61-72.

Metalsky, G. I., & Laird, R. S. (1996).  Test Bank to accompany Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life (10th ed.).  New York: Harper Collins.

Peterson, C. R., Semmel, A., von Baeyer, C., Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., &  Seligman, M. E. P. (1982).  The Attributional Style Questionnaire.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 6, 287-300.