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Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

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Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation.

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Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence.

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A class of rank test procedures for censored survival data

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Depressive attributional style.

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Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +9