Depression and the interpretation of ambiguity

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-474

  Lawson, Clair ^a   MacLeod, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Interpretive bias; Stimulus ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032911516     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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