Emotional Self-Disclosure and Emotional Avoidance: Relations With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-584

  Kahn, Jeffrey H ^a   Garrison, Angela M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; emotional avoidance; emotional disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449493190     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016574     Document Type: Article

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