Emerging from the CAVE: Attributional style and the narrative study of identity in midlife adults

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-51

  Adler, Jonathan M ^a   Kissel, Emily C ^b   McAdams, Dan P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional style; CAVE; Contamination sequences; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NEUROSIS; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 33646349899     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-006-9005-1     Document Type: Article

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