Predictive validity of the Children's Attributional Styles Questionnaire: Linkages with reactions to an in vivo peer evaluation manipulation

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-260

  Reijntjes, Albert ^a   Dekovic, Maja ^a   Vermande, Marjolijn ^a   Telch, Michael J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Attributional Styles Questionnaire; Depressive symptoms; Peer rejection; Pre adolescent children; Predictive validity; Survivor contest

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

EID: 40349089797     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-007-9124-3     Document Type: Article

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