Self-talk and affective problems in college students: Valence of thinking and cognitive content specificity

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-67

  Calvete, Esther ^a   Estévez, Ana ^a   Landín, Covadonga ^a   Martínez, Yolanda ^a   Cardeñoso, Olga ^a   Villardón, Lourdes ^a   Villa, Aurelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Cognitive specificity; Depression; Self talk; SOM ratios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THINKING;

EID: 17844377843     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600004960     Document Type: Article

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