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The new team did not find an “illusion of control” among the nondepressed subjects, as the 1979 team did, which she said was unusual and made it difficult to interpret any results.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022

Overall, then, there is clear evidence that nondepressed people distort reality in a self-serving direction and depressed people tend to see reality accurately.

From Time • Jul. 20, 2014

The first thing Andrews found was that nondepressed students showed an increase in “depressed affect” after taking the test.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010

Clearly, nondepressed individuals were just as capable of distorting reality as the mentally ill were supposed to be.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The nondepressed had an illusion of control when in fact they had none," says Alloy.

From Time Magazine Archive