Measuring self-serving cognitive distortions with the "how I think" questionnaire

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-189

  Nas, Coralijn N ^a   Brugman, Daniel ^a   Koops, Willem ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cognitive distortions; Delinquency; HIT Q

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549117919     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.3.181     Document Type: Article

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