Cognitive reappraisal and acceptance: An experimental comparison of two emotion regulation strategies

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 858-866

  Wolgast, Martin ^a   Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^a   Viborg, Gardar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Avoidance; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80455122703     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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