Stress generation in depression: Reflections on origins, research, and future directions

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1065-1082

  Hammen, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOPATHY; STRESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748248798     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20293     Document Type: Review

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