Are self-other discrepancies a unique risk factor for paranoid symptoms?

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-70

  Hartmann, Maike M ^a   Sundag, Johanna ^a   Lincoln, Tania M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Paranoid symptoms; Self discrepancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893512913     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9583-7     Document Type: Article

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