The Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of a Lithuanian translation in an adolescent sample

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Zukauskiene, Rita ^a   Sondaite, Jolanta ^a  

^a MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety depression; Cognitive and attributional strategies; Social problems; Somatic complaints; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642587197     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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