e lyrics are self-degrading. For instance, a line from a popular mid-1990's song says, "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me", (Beck). Many times, adolescents listen to songs like this one when they are feeling down. Misery loves company. The problem is that they are hearing and even singing lyrics that speak negatively of themselves. A team of psychologists conducted a study where subjects had to read negative automatic thought-like statements that spoke negatively of themselves. Though the participants did not show signs of depression before the experiment, they became increasingly depressed (Strickland, Hale, & Anderson). Other studies show that people who dwell on their dejection rather than
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