Test of the hopelessness theory of depression: Drawing negative inference from negative life events

Psychological Reports

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-363

  Kapçi, Emine G ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032043435     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.82.2.355     Document Type: Article

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