The sad truth about depressive realism

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-495

  Allan, Lorraine G ^a   Siegel, Shepard ^a   Hannah, Samuel ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MOTIVATION;

EID: 33947189159     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210601002686     Document Type: Article

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