Depressive cognition: A test of depressive realism versus negativity using general knowledge questions

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 583-602

  Stone, Eric R ^a   Dodrill, Carrie L ^a   Johnson, Natasha ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Depression; Depressive realism; Overconfidence; Probability judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT;

EID: 0035523323     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603722     Document Type: Article

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