Illness representations of depression and perceptions of the helpfulness of social support: Comparing depressed and never-depressed persons

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 213-220

  Vollmann, Manja ^a   Scharloo, Margreet ^b   Salewski, Christel ^c   Dienst, Alexander ^a   Schonauer, Klaus ^a   Renner, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Illness representations; Lay theories; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACK; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HEADACHE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRRITABILITY; LEG PAIN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MYALGIA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955559153     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.01.075     Document Type: Article

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