Do gender differences in the role of dysfunctional attitudes in depressive symptoms depend on depression history?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-223

  You, Sungeun ^a   Merritt, Rebecca Davis ^b   Conner, Kenneth R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Canandaigua Veterans Administration Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Dysfunctional attitudes; Gender differences; Life stress; Lifetime history of depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649098955     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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