Contingent self-worth and gender differences in adolescent depression: A commentary

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 769-777

  Burwell, Rebecca A ^a   Shirk, Stephen R ^b  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingencies; Depression; Gender; Interpersonal; Self worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149123539     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9694-5     Document Type: Article

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