A critical review of assessment strategies to measure the behavioral activation model of depression

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-561

  Manos, Rachel C ^a   Kanter, Jonathan W ^a   Busch, Andrew M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral activation; Depression; Measurement; Mechanisms; Mediation; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR ACTIVATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954814601     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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