Se describen las características diferenciales de la población de niños con puntuaciones altas (≥19) y bajas (≤5) en el Children's Depression Inventory (Kovacs, 1983) a partir de la información de distintas fuentes. Se evaluaron 148 niños de 4.o de EGB de los cuales 68 presentaban puntuaciones ≤5 y 80 presentaban puntuaciones ≥19, respecto a nivel de depresión, estilo atribucional, variables cognitivas y rendimiento escolar. Los niños con puntuaciones altas versus los de puntuaciones bajas presentaban mayor severidad de la sintomatología depresiva, un estilo atribucional más depresógeno, menor rendimiento en los subtests de inteligencia que evalúan cierre perceptivo, formación de conceptos no verbales y comprensión de la lectura, su rendimiento escolar fue inferior, tuvieron más problemas de conducta según informaron los padres, eran menos felices según el profesor y menos populares y más deprimidos según sus compañeros.
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