Positive attributional style, life events and their effect on children's mood: Prospective study

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 211-219

  Vines, Louise ^a   Nixon, Reginald D V ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Childhood; Children; Cognitive processes; Developmental processes; Emotion; Emotional disorders; Life events; Mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855541319     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530802579507     Document Type: Article

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