Shame, self-criticism, and self-compassion in adolescence

Adolescent Emotional Development and the Emergence of Depressive Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-214

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Irons, Chris ^a  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901840079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551963.011     Document Type: Chapter

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