Stress Exposure and Stress Generation in Adolescent Depression

Handbook of Depression in Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 305-333

  Hammen, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809518-22     Document Type: Chapter

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