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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, 210 McAlester Hall, 65211, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    Leonard A. Doerfler & C. Steven Richards

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This paper is based on a master's thesis by the first author, done under the direction of the second author. This study was aided by a grant from the Faculty Research Council of the University of Missouri — Columbia and by a sabbatical leave awarded to the second author. We would like to thank the following individuals for their help with the study: Robert Arkin, Francis Gilbert, Thomas Heffernan, Karen Hudder, Robert Karol, Lawrence Siegel, Jonalee Slaughter, Arthur Swanson, and staffs of the radio and TV stations in Columbia, Missouri.

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Doerfler, L.A., Richards, C.S. Self-initiated attempts to cope with depression. Cogn Ther Res 5, 367–371 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173688

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