Subclinical Variation in Mental Health Shapes the Dynamics of Everyday Behaviour.
Everyday behaviour is comprised of myriad components that must be seamlessly coordinated for action to be effective. Individual differences, specifically variation in mental health symptoms, influence how this challenge is navigated, however, their impact in naturalistic settings remains unclear. Ad...
| Publicado en: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 79; no. 9; pp. 2365 - 2381 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2026
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