Rumination and dysphoria: The buffering role of adaptive forms of humor

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1419-1428

  Olson, Megan L ^a   Hugelshofer, Daniela S ^a   Kwon, Paul ^a   Reff, Robert C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphoria; Humor; Rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744543224     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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