Why talking about negative emotional experiences is good for your health: A microanalytic perspective

Semiotica

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-81

  Lee, Victoria ^a   Beattie, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248743942     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2000.130.1-2.1     Document Type: Article

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