The children's attributional style interview: Developmental tests of cognitive diathesis-stress theories of depression

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 445-463

  Conley, Colleen S ^a   Haines, Beth A ^b   Hilt, Lori M ^b   Metalsky, Gerald I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attributional style; Children; Depression; Helplessness hopelessness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035489436     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010451604161     Document Type: Article

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