'Weakest Link' as a Cognitive Vulnerability Within the Hopelessness Theory of Depression in Chinese University Students

Stress and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-27

  Xiao, Jing ^a   Qiu, Yu ^a   He, Yini ^a   Cui, Lixia ^a   Auerbach, Randy P ^b   McWhinnie, Chad M ^b   Yao, Shuqiao ^c,d  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d National Technology Institute of Psychiatry   (China)

Author keywords

cognitive vulnerability; depression; hopelessness; stress; weakest link

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION; CHINESE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE VULNERABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS THEORY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC HASSLES SCALE; STRESS; THEORY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; HOPE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959218009     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2571     Document Type: Article

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