Current issues in repressive coping and health

Emotion Regulation: Conceptual and Clinical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-86

  Myers, Lynn B ^a   Burns, John W ^b   Derakshan, Naz ^c   Elfant, Erin ^b   Eysenck, Michael W ^d   Phipps, Sean ^e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29986-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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