Dysfunctional attitudes scale perfectionism: A predictor and partial mediator of acute treatment outcome among clinically depressed adolescents

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 803-813

  Jacobs, Rachel H ^a   Silva, Susan G ^b   Reinecke, Mark A ^a   Curry, John F ^c   Ginsburg, Golda S ^d   Kratochvil, Christopher J ^e   March, John S ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951653716     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410903259031     Document Type: Article

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