Meaning in life: Relationship to clinical diagnosis and psychotherapy outcome

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 528-535

  Volkert, Jana ^a   Schulz, Holger ^a   Brütt, Anna Levke ^a   Andreas, Sylke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Inpatients; Meaning in life; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898782696     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22053     Document Type: Article

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