Social anxiety and romantic relationships: The costs and benefits of negative emotion expression are context-dependent

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 475-492

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Volkmann, Jeffrey R ^a   Breen, William E ^a   Han, Susan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Close relationships; Emotion expressiveness; Self regulation; Social anxiety; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COURTSHIP; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 34247466384     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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