Women and vulnerability to depression: Some personality and clinical factors

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-39

  Carrillo, Jesús M ^a,c   Rojo, Nieves ^a   Staats, Arthur W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

behaviorism theory of depression; depression in women; personality; sex differences; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 2342518740     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600004728     Document Type: Article

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