Attributional style in shyness and depression: Shared and specific maladaptive patterns

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-259

  Bruch, Monroe A ^a   Belkin, Debra K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

attributional style; cognitive specificity; depression; shyness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 9244238206     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010780211266     Document Type: Article

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