Cognitive vulnerability to depressive symptoms in adolescents in Urban and Rural Hunan, China: A multiwave longitudinal study

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-778

  Abela, John R Z ^a   Stolow, Darren ^a   Mineka, Susan ^b   Yao, Shuqiao ^c   Zhu, Xiong Zhao ^c   Hankin, Benjamin L ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; China; Cognitive style; Depression; Dysfunctional attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THEORY; COGNITIVE VULNERABILITY STRESS MODEL OF DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS THEORY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; THEORY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 82855179414     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025295     Document Type: Article

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