Trait anger moderates the impact of anger-associated rumination on social well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 769-774

  Siewert, Kerstin ^a   Kubiak, Thomas ^a   Jonas, Cornelia ^a   Weber, Hannelore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anger associated rumination; Daily experience study; Social well being; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961207137     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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