Perceived competence and depressive symptoms among adolescents: The moderating role of attributional style

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 612-630

  Kim Spoon, Jungmeen ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^a   Seligman, Laura D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Depressive symptoms; Moderating mechanism; Perceived competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866279983     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0287-0     Document Type: Article

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