Seligman and his associates have advocated a particular attributional style in depressive patients. The present study aimsat investigating attributional styles in depressive patients, in comparison to schiziphrcnic and non psychiatric medical patients. A matched sample of 30 depressive, 30 schizophrenic and 30 medical patients was selected from out-door and indoor facilities of psychiatric centre and S. M. S. Hospital, Jaipur. All the patients were administered Seligman's (1981) attributional sytle questionnaire.