Daily cognitive appraisals, daily affect, and long-term depressive symptoms: The role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity in the stress process

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-268

  Lee Flynn, Sharon C ^a   Pomaki, Georgia ^a   DeLongis, Anita ^a   Biesanz, Jeremy C ^a   Puterman, Eli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisals; Depression; Self concept clarity; Self esteem; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651461445     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210394204     Document Type: Article

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