Helpless attributions and depression in adolescents: The roles of anxiety, event valence, and demographics

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-183

  Waschbusch, Daniel A ^a   Sellers, Denise P ^a   LeBlanc, Monique ^a   Kelley, Mary L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0037398602     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1971(02)00134-3     Document Type: Article

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