Abstract
The current study examined whether the relationship between four cognitive vulnerability factors (e.g., depressogenic inferential styles, dysfunctional attitudes, self-criticism, and rumination) is best captured by an additive or a weakest link approach. Fifty-six children (ages 7-14) of affectively ill parents completed measures assessing depressive symptoms and cognitive vulnerability factors. Subsequently, children were given handheld personal computers (HP Jornada 720) to carry with them for the next six weeks. Computers signaled the children to complete measures assessing depressive symptoms and negative events once a week at a randomly selected time. Results provided full support for the weakest link approach towards conceptualizing vulnerability. More specifically, children who possessed a depressogenic weakest link were more likely than children who did not to experience elevations in depressive symptoms following elevations in stress. In contrast, results provided partial support for the additive...
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