The Illusion of Control Among Depressed Patients.

1979/08/01 by Sanford Golin, Francis Terrell, Jack Weitz +1 · 48 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Psychology · #Clinical psychology #Cognitive psychology #Gambling Behavior and Treatments #Illusion #Illusion of control #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Psychology #Schizophrenia research and treatment #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/h0077992

published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology 88(4), 454-457 (American Psychological Association (APA))

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Citations

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