Assessment of existential meaning and its longitudinal relations with depressive symptoms

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 576-599

  Mascaro, Nathan ^a   Rosen, David H ^b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61449258379     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2008.27.6.576     Document Type: Article

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