Neediness and interpersonal life stress: Does congruency predict depression?

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-443

  Cogswell, Alex ^a   Alloy, Lauren B ^a   Spasojevic, Jelena ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congruency hypothesis; Dependency; Depression; Life stress; Neediness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

EID: 33845435946     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-006-9052-7     Document Type: Article

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