Association of attributional style for negative and positive events and the occurrence of life events with depression and anxiety

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1140-1159

  Fresco, David M ^a   Alloy, Lauren B ^b   Reilly Harrington, Noreen ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 35549013669     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2006.25.10.1140     Document Type: Review

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