Repressive Coping Style and the Experience and Recall of Emotion: A Naturalistic Study of Daily Affect

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 378-405

  Cutler, Susan E ^a   Larsen, Randy J ^a   Bunce, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; RECALL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REPRESSION;

EID: 0030163056     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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