Operationalizing cognitive vulnerability and stress from the perspective of the hopelessness theory: A multi-wave longitudinal study of children of affectively ill parents

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-395

  Abela, John R Z ^a   McGirr, Alexander ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36849042045     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466507X192023     Document Type: Article

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