The relevance of mitigated and unmitigated agency and communion for depression vulnerabilities and dysphoria

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 449-459

  Bruch, Monroe A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPHORIA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036798119     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.49.4.449     Document Type: Article

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