The link between belongingness and depressive symptoms: An exploration in the workplace interpersonal context

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-289

  Cockshaw, Wendell David ^a   Shochet, Ian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belongingness; Clinical counselling psychology; Depression; Emotional disorders; Interpersonal processes and relationships; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149459265     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050061003752418     Document Type: Article

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