Can positive thinking reduce negative affect? A test of potential mediating mechanisms

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-88

  Lightsey, Owen Richard ^a   Johnson, Edward ^b   Freeman, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NS   (Canada)

Author keywords

College students; Negative affect; Negative automatic cognitions; Personality; Positive automatic cognitions; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL THINKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSITIVE AUTOMATIC THOUGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; THINKING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84859828050     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.26.1.71     Document Type: Article

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