Witnessing disclosure of depression: Gender and attachment avoidance moderate interpersonal evaluations

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 536-559

  Burke, Sara E ^a   Wang, Katie ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903616733     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2014.33.6.536     Document Type: Article

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