Self-criticism, dependency, silencing the self, and loneliness: A test of a mediational model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1735-1752

  Besser, Avi ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^b   Davis, Richard A ^b  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dependency; Depression; Interpersonal relationships; Loneliness; Self criticism; Silencing the self

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142153716     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00403-8     Document Type: Article

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