Lay theories of causes of and cures for depression in a turkish university sample

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 795-806

  Çirakoǧlu, Okan Cem ^a   Kökdemir, Doǧan ^a   Demirutku, Kürşad ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attribution; Depression; Lay theories; Turkish; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933055     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.8.795     Document Type: Article

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