The interactive effects of emotional clarity and cognitive reappraisal in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-238

  Boden, Matthew Tyler ^a   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^b   Alvarez, Jennifer ^c   Gross, James J ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; Emotional awareness; Emotional clarity; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COGNITION REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL CLARITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; POSITIVE AFFECT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; SOLDIER; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84855510097     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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