Cognitive vulnerability to depressive symptoms in college students: A comparison of traditional, weakest-link, and flexibility operationalizations

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Haeffel, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive vulnerability; Depression; Hopelessness theory

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIFE EVENTS QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLEXIBILITY OPERATIONALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL OPERATIONALIZATION; WEAKEST LINK OPERATIONALIZATION;

EID: 75949087642     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-008-9224-8     Document Type: Article

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