Emotional reactions and regulatory responses to negative and positive events: Associations with attachment and gender

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-92

  Gentzler, Amy L ^a   Kerns, Kathryn A ^b   Keener, Emily ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Coping; Emotion regulation; Gender; Positive emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949916468     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-009-9149-x     Document Type: Article

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