Rational or uncommitted? Depression and indecisiveness in interpersonal decision making

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-236

  Lewicka, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Depression; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGIC; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGIC; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND;

EID: 0031225286     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00031     Document Type: Article

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