Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 187-197 , 15 October 2005

Self-efficacy and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia: A mediational analysis

  • Sarah I. Pratt

      Affiliations

    • New York-Presbyterian Hospital The Westchester Division, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, 105 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301, USA. Tel.: +1 603 271 5747; fax: +1 603 271 5265.
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  • Kim T. Mueser

      Affiliations

    • New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, 105 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 033301, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas E. Smith

      Affiliations

    • New York-Presbyterian Hospital The Westchester Division, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
    • Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services, 47 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT 06880, United States. Tel.: +1 203 227 1251; fax: +1 203 226 8616.
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  • Weili Lu

      Affiliations

    • New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, 105 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 033301, USA

Received 15 October 2004 ,Revised 17 February 2005 ,Accepted 21 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.02.014

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 187-197 , 15 October 2005

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