The depressive experiences questionnaire: An inquiry into the different scoring procedures

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-98

  Desmet, Mattias ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^a   Groenvynck, Hans ^a   Verhaeghe, Paul ^a   Vogel, Judith ^b   Bogaerts, Stefan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Sigmund Freud Institut Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dependency; Depressive experiences questionnaire; Factor analysis; Self criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147179427     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.23.2.89     Document Type: Article

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