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The psychology of depression as revealed by attribution of causality in college students

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  1. St. Louis University, USA

    J. M. Oliver

  2. Topeka State Hospital, USA

    Gordon Williams

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This experiment was conducted in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology at St. Louis University.

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Oliver, J.M., Williams, G. The psychology of depression as revealed by attribution of causality in college students. Cogn Ther Res 3, 355–360 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184449

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