Communality and specificity of dysfunctional cognitions, and the prediction of four different forms of psychological maladjustment

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 575-588

  Westra, Henny A ^a   Kuiper, Nicholas A ^b  

^a Camp Hill Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030137046     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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