A "Feminine" Model of Vulnerability to Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Investigation of Middle-Aged Women

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 591-598

  Bromberger, Joyce T ^a,b,c   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANGER; CLIMACTERIC; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030303935     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.591     Document Type: Article

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