Learned helplessness, attributional style, and depression in epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 680-686

  Hermann, Bruce P ^a   Trenerry, Max R ^b   Colligen, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Depression; Epilepsy; Learned helplessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MMPI; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0029895259     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00633.x     Document Type: Article

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