Construction of self and others in unipolar depressive disorders: A study using repertory grid technique

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-400

  Feixas, Guillem ^a   Erazo Caicedo, María Isabel ^a   Harter, Stephanie Lewis ^b   Bach, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive differentiation; Depression; Dysthymia; RepGrid

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQUE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 43549120523     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-007-9149-7     Document Type: Article

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