Rumination, Inhibition and Stress: The Construction of A New Scale for Assessing Emotional Style

Current Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-244

  Roger, Derek ^a,b   de Scremin, Leticia Guarino ^c   Borril, Jo ^d   Forbes, Angela ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e National Health Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Rumination; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961169756     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-011-9117-y     Document Type: Article

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