Causal explanations affect judgments of the need for psychological treatment

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Kim, Nancy S ^a   Losavio, Stefanie T ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Explanation; Treatment; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350150235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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