Anger suppression after imagined rejection among individuals with social anxiety

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 879-887

  Breen, William E ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Anger; Ego depletion; Emotion regulation; Social anxiety; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EGO; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 79961022335     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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