Depression, anxiety, and attributional style in a New Zealand sample of children

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-34

  Rodriguez, Christina M ^a,b   Pehi, Phillipa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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