Depressed people are not less motivated by personal goals but are more pessimistic about attaining them

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 975-980

  Dickson, Joanne M ^a   Moberly, Nicholas J ^b   Kinderman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approach and avoidance goals; Causal explanations; Depression; Goal appraisals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PESSIMISM; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80455178219     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023665     Document Type: Article

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