A longitudinal study of the relationship between attributional style, life events, and depression in japanese undergraduates

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-240

  Sakamoto, Shinji ^a   Kambara, Masahiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0032037635     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549809600374     Document Type: Article

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