Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS): The Italian translation and adaptation;Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS): Traduzione e adattamento italiano

Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-170

  Sighinolfi, Cecilia ^a   Pala, Andrea Norcini ^b   Chiri, Luigi Rocco ^c   Marchetti, Igor ^c   Sica, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult population; Emotion regulation; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955100788     PISSN: 11261072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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