Predicting depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents: The role of perfectionism and acute life stress

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-59

  O'Connor, Rory C ^a   Rasmussen, Susan ^b   Hawton, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diathesis stress; Perfectionism; Prospective; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72249097716     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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