Psychiatry Research
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 243-250 , 1 August 2003

A test of the tripartite model's prediction of anhedonia's specificity to depression: patients with major depression versus patients with schizophrenia

  • Thomas E. Joiner

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    • Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
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  • Jessica S. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
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  • Gerald I. Metalsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Lawrence University, P.O. Box 599, Appleton, WI 54912-0599, USA

Received 22 May 2002 ,Revised 12 March 2003 ,Accepted 16 May 2003.

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00131-8

doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00131-8

Psychiatry Research
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 243-250 , 1 August 2003

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