Negative Inferential Style, Emotional Clarity, and Life Stress: Integrating Vulnerabilities to Depression in Adolescence

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-518

  Stange, Jonathan P ^a   Alloy, Lauren B ^a   Flynn, Megan ^b   Abramson, Lyn Y ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880268879     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.743104     Document Type: Article

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