The temporal dynamics of two response-focused forms of emotion regulation: Experiential, expressive, and autonomic consequences

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1309-1322

  Dan Glauser, Elise S ^a   Gross, James J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion regulation; Suppression; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960848295     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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