Specificity of hopelessness about resolving life problems: Another test of the cognitive model of depression

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 773-781

  Beck, Aaron T ^a   Wenzel, Amy ^a   Riskind, John H ^b   Brown, Gary ^c   Steer, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Imagery; Major Depressive Disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT;

EID: 33845629370     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-006-9081-2     Document Type: Article

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