Adolescents' perceptions of peers with depression: An attributional analysis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-302

  Dolphin, Louise ^a   Hennessy, Eilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attribution theory; Depression; Peer group; SEM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER ACCEPTANCE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIGNETTE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84901981273     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.051     Document Type: Article

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