Cognitive vulnerability to depression: A comparison of the weakest link, keystone and additive models

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 521-533

  Reilly, Laura C ^a   Ciesla, Jeffrey A ^a   Felton, Julia W ^b   Weitlauf, Amy S ^c   Anderson, Nicholas L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive vulnerability; Depression; Weakest link

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; BECK COGNITIVE THEORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION SELF ESTEEM THEORY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS HOPELESSNESS THEORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859642587     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.595776     Document Type: Article

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