When the ends outweigh the means: Mood and level of identification in depression

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1214-1227

  Watkins, Edward R ^a   Moberly, Nicholas J ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abstract; Concrete; Depressed; Identification; Mood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEVEL OF IDENTIFICATION; MALE; MOOD; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84855702731     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.532389     Document Type: Article

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