Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ316481
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Publication Date: 1985
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Motivational Deficit in Depressed Cancer Patients.
Layne, Christopher; And Others
Journal of Clinical Psychology, v41 n2 p139-44 Mar 1985
Tested accuracy of motivational theory of depression for adjustment disorder with depressed mood in 48 patients with terminal and nonterminal cancer. Results supported motivational theory: cancer patients exhibited low expectations and low values; hence, they were unmotivated and depressed. (NRB)
Descriptors: Adults, Cancer, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment, Expectation, Motivation, Patients, Stress Variables, Values
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Language: English
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