Cognitive vulnerability to depression in children: An idiographic, longitudinal examination of inferential styles

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 643-654

  Cohen, Joseph R ^a   Young, Jami F ^a   Abela, John R Z ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Inferential Styles; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOPELESSNESS THEORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84874105861     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-011-9431-6     Document Type: Article

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