Development and validation of the counterfactual thinking for negative events scale

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Rye, Mark S ^a   Cahoon, Melissa B ^a   Ali, Rahan S ^b   Daftary, Tarika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THINKING;

EID: 42249094715     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701884996     Document Type: Article

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