Self-Structures, Negative Events, and Adolescent Depression: Clarifying the Role of Self-Complexity in a Prospective, Multiwave Study

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 736-759

  Cohen, Joseph R ^a   Spiegler, Kevin M ^a   Young, Jami F ^a   Hankin, Benjamin L ^b   Abela, John R Z ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; developmental psychopathology; self concept; stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905725539     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431613503217     Document Type: Article

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