When leaving your ex, love yourself: Observational ratings of self-compassion predict the course of emotional recovery following marital separation

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-269

  Sbarra, David A ^a   Smith, Hillary L ^a   Mehl, Matthias R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; emotions; psychological stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858232908     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611429466     Document Type: Article

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