Implicit measurement of positive and negative future thinking as a predictor of depressive symptoms and hopelessness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 898-912

  Kosnes, Liv ^a   Whelan, Robert ^b   O'Donovan, Aoife ^c   McHugh, Louise A ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Future thinking; Future Thinking Task; Implicit measures; IRAP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUTURE THINKING; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; THINKING;

EID: 84879803564     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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