Affective processing and emotion regulation in dysphoria and depression: Cognitive biases and deficits in cognitive control

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-28

  Joormann, Jutta ^a   Siemer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 79959614332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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