Explication of interspousal criticality bias

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 478-486

  Peterson, Kristina M ^a   Smith, David A ^a   Windle, Chaunce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Criticality bias; Criticism; Depression; Marital adjustment; Stress generation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67349280868     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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