An empirical test of a clinical metacognitive model of rumination and depression

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-273

  Papageorgiou, Costas ^a,b,c   Wells, Adrian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester Mental Hlth Social C ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Depression; Metacognition; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RUMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1442295776     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023962332399     Document Type: Article

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