Negative expectancy appraisals and defeatist performance beliefs and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
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Negative expectancy appraisals and defeatist performance beliefs and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.032