Emotion-regulation skills as a treatment target in psychotherapy

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1230-1237

  Berking, Matthias ^a   Wupperman, Peggilee ^b   Reichardt, Alexander ^c   Pejic, Tanja ^d   Dippel, Alexandra ^e   Znoj, Hansjörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Vogelsberg Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotion regulation skills; Mental health; Psychotherapy; Skills training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TRAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149143484     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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