Mapping cognitive structures and processes through verbal content: The thought-listing technique

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 928-940

  Cacioppo, John T ^a   Von Hippel, William ^a   Ernst, John M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030731098     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.65.6.928     Document Type: Review

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