Repressive coping, trait anxiety and reported avoidance of negative thoughts

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-303

  Myers, Lynn B ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032011603     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00180-3     Document Type: Article

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