Expressive Flexibility

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-100

  Westphal, Maren ^a   Seivert, Nicholas H ^a   Bonanno, George A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; expression; flexibility; resilience; stress; suppression

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STIMULATION; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77249160194     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018420     Document Type: Article

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