Dependent and Self-critical vulnerabilities to depression in two different cultural contexts

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 689-700

  Abu Kaf, Sarah ^a   Priel, Beatriz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin society; Collectivism; Cultural context; Dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749161568     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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