Depressive realism from the perspective of cognitive-experiential self-theory

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1056-1068

  Pacini, Rosemary ^a   Muir, Francisco ^a   Epstein, Seymour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTUITION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 0032040423     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.1056     Document Type: Article

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