Selection, Optimization, and Compensation in the Domain of Emotion Regulation: Applications to Adolescence, Older Age, and Major Depressive Disorder

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-155

  Opitz, Philipp C ^a   Gross, James J ^b   Urry, Heather L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856966399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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