Response style theory revisited: Gender differences and stereotypes in rumination and distraction

Sex Roles

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 771-792

  Strauss, Jaine ^a   Muday, Theresa ^b   McNall, Karlyn ^b   Wong, Mitchell ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031511664     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025679223514     Document Type: Article

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