Negative cognitive style as a mediator between self-compassion and hopelessness depression

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1511-1518

  Zhou, Lihua ^a   Chen, Jian ^b   Liu, Xiaoqun ^a   Lu, Dali ^a   Su, Linyan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hunan Technology Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese undergraduates; Hopelessness depression; Negative cognitive style; Self compassion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886928142     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2013.41.9.1511     Document Type: Article

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