Depressive reactions to academic failure: A test of the diathesis-stress and mediation components of the hopelessness model of depression

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-103

  Morris, Mary ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033422005     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049539908255342     Document Type: Article

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