Responses to depression in unipolar depressed patients: An investigation of Nolen-Hoeksema's response styles theory

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1323-1333

  Kuehner, Christine ^a   Weber, Iris ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RECURRENCE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0032733313     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001282     Document Type: Article

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