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Is depressive realism real?
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ackermann, R., & DeRubeis, R. J.
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 565-584
- ISSN
- 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1997581606
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 62
- FWCI
- 8.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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