Making meaning out of negative experiences by self-distancing

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-191

  Kross, Ethan ^a   Ayduk, Ozlem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; meaning; rumination; self control; self distancing; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957795356     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411408883     Document Type: Article

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