Distraction as an intervention for depression : The distraction process

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-192

  Oikawa, Megumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentration on distraction; Covariance structure analysis; Distraction process; Effects of distraction; Emotional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036022946     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.50.2_185     Document Type: Article

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