Episodic repetitive thought: Dimensions, correlates, and consequences

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-21

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a   Stanton, Annette L ^b   Flynn, Sarah McQueary ^a   Roach, Abbey R ^c   Testa, Jamie J ^a   Hardy, Jaime K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; emotional approach coping; negative affect; positive affect; repetitive thought

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859066641     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2011.608126     Document Type: Article

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