Depression, school performance, and the veridicality of perceived grades and causal attributions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1441-1449

  Försterling, Friedrich ^a   Binser, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 24944434429     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014616702236875     Document Type: Article

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