Anger and depression:Evidence of a possible mediating role for rumination

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Balsamo, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

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EID: 77951005015     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.106.1.3-12     Document Type: Article

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