The daily life of the garden-variety neurotic: Reactivity, stressor exposure, mood spillover, and maladaptive coping

Journal of Personality

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1485-1510

  Suls, Jerry ^a,b   Martin, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 28044459397     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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