Chronic Stress and Attenuated Improvement in Depression Over 1 Year: The Moderating Role of Perfectionism

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 478-492

  Békés, Vera ^a   Dunkley, David M ^a   Taylor, Geneviève ^a   Zuroff, David C ^b   Lewkowski, Maxim ^a   Elizabeth Foley, J ^a   Myhr, Gail ^c   Westreich, Ruta ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Conscientiousness; Depression; Neuroticism; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT RELATED CHRONIC STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL CHRONIC STRESS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PERSONAL STANDARD PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF CRITICISM PERFECTIONISM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84936967661     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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